| A Methodical System of Universal Law: Or, the Laws of Nature and Nations; With Supplements and a Discourse by George Turnbull Contributor(s): Heineccius, Johann Gottlieb (Author), Ahnert, Thomas (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0865974780 ISBN-13: 9780865974784 Publisher: Liberty Fund OUR PRICE: $22.80 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Natural Law - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern |
| Dewey: 340.112 |
| LCCN: 2007031757 |
| Series: Natural Law and Enlightenment Classics (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.7" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (2.65 lbs) 687 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: George Turnbull's eighteenth-century translation of A Methodical System of Universal Law was his major effort to convey continental natural law to Britain, thus making Heineccius's natural jurisprudence more accessible to English-speaking audiences. Turnbull includes extensive comments on Heineccius's text and also presents his own philosophical work, A Discourse upon the Nature and Origin of Moral and Civil Laws. Johann Gottlieb Heineccius (1681-1741) studied theology at Leipzig and later law at the newly founded (1694) University of Halle, where he became a pupil of Christian Thomasius. Thomas Ahnert is a Lecturer in History at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Peter Schr der is Senior Lecturer in the History Department at University College, London. |