Overview
- Presents the first multivolume treatment of all important issues in the legal philosophy field
- Provides a classical reference work
- Edited by the renowned theorist Enrico Pattaro and his team?
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About this book
The first-ever multivolume treatment of the issues in legal philosophy and general jurisprudence, from both a theoretical and a historical perspective. The work is aimed at jurists as well as legal and practical philosophers. Edited by the renowned theorist Enrico Pattaro and his team, this book is a classical reference work that would be of great interest to legal and practical philosophers as well as to jurists and legal scholar at all levels. The work is divided The theoretical part (published in 2005), consisting of five volumes, covers the main topics of the contemporary debate; the historical part, consisting of six volumes (Volumes 6-8 published in 2007; Volumes 9 and 10, published in 2009; Volume 11 published in 2011 and volume 12 forthcoming in 2015), accounts for the development of legal thought from ancient Greek times through the twentieth century. The entire set will be completed with an index.
Volume 7: The Jurists’ Philosophy of Law from Rome to the Seventeenth Century
edited by Andrea Padovani and Peter Stein
Volume 7 is the second of the historical volumes and acts as a complement to the previous Volume 6, discussing from the jurists’ perspective what that previous volume discusses from the philosophers’ perspective. The subjects of analysis are, first, the Roman jurists’ conception of law, second, the metaphysical and logical presuppositions of late medieval legal science, and, lastly, the connection between legal and political thought up to the 17th century. The discussion shows how legal science proceeds at every step of the way, from Rome to early modern times, as an enterprise that cannot be untangled from other forms of thought, thus giving rise to an interest in logic, medieval theology, philosophy, and politics—all areas where legal science has had an influence.
Volume 8: A History of the Philosophy of Law in The Common Law World, 1600–1900
by Michael Lobban
Volume8, the third of the historical volumes, offers a history of legal philosophy in common-law countries from the 17th to the 19th century. Its main focus (like that of Volume 9) is on the ways in which jurists and legal philosophers thought about law and legal reasoning. The volume begins with a discussion of the ‘common law mind’ as it evolved in late medieval and early modern England. It goes on to examine the different jurisprudential traditions which developed in England and the United States, showing that while Coke’s vision of the common law continued to exert a strong influence on American jurists, in England a more positivist approach took root, which found its fullest articulation in the work of Bentham and Austin.
Authors, Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Andrea Padovani
CIRSFID and Law Faculty, University of Bologna, Italy
Peter G. Stein
Emeritus Regius Professor of Civil Law, University of Cambridge, UK
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: A Treatise of Legal Philosophy and General Jurisprudence
Book Subtitle: Volume 7: The Jurists’ Philosophy of Law from Rome to the Seventeenth Century, Volume 8: A History of the Philosophy of Law in The Common Law World, 1600–1900
Authors: Michael Lobban
Editors: Andrea Padovani, Peter G. Stein
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9880-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-017-9878-5Published: 28 July 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0412-8Published: 02 April 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-9880-8Published: 12 February 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXX, 524
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations
Topics: Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History, Philosophy of Law