Koha online

Your cart is empty.
Normal view MARC view ISBD view

Rethinking Natural Law [electronic resource] /by Paulo Ferreira da Cunha.

by Ferreira da Cunha, Paulo [author.]; SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: SpringerBriefs in Law: Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : 2013.Description: XVI, 70 p. online resource.ISBN: 9783642326592.Subject(s): Law | Philosophy of law | Law | Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History | Philosophy of Law | Political TheoryDDC classification: 340.1 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Introduction. Part I  Foundations: Goethe's Swan -- The contributions of the paradigm "Natural Law" -- Sterility of Natural Law theoricism -- From the side of positivism -- Part II New Visions Old Questions: Contemporary Natural Law dialogues -- What Natural Law is, what it is not -- Legacies and achievements of Iusnaturalism -- Avatars of Natural Law. Natural Law in different colours -- Conclusion.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: For centuries, natural law was the main philosophical legal paradigm. Now, it is a wonder when a court of law invokes it. Arthur Kaufmann already underlined a modern general "horror iuris naturalis". We also know, with Winfried Hassemer, that the succession of legal paradigms is a matter of fashion. But why did natural law become outdated? Are there any remnants of it still alive today? This book analyses a number of prejudices and myths that have created a general misconception of natural law. As Jean-Marc Trigeaud put it: there is a natural law that positivists invented. Not the real one(s). It seeks to understand not only the usual adversaries of natural law (like legalists, positivists and historicists) but also its further enemies, the inner enemies of natural law, such as internal aporias, political and ideological manipulations, etc. The book puts forward a reasoned and balanced examination of this treasure of western political and juridical though. And, if we look at it another way, natural law is by no means a loser in our times: because it lives in modern human rights.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Add tag(s)
Log in to add tags.
    average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Item type Current location Call number Status Date due Barcode
B65 (Browse shelf) Available
K140-165 (Browse shelf) Available
Long Loan MAIN LIBRARY
K201-487 (Browse shelf) Available

Introduction. Part I  Foundations: Goethe's Swan -- The contributions of the paradigm "Natural Law" -- Sterility of Natural Law theoricism -- From the side of positivism -- Part II New Visions Old Questions: Contemporary Natural Law dialogues -- What Natural Law is, what it is not -- Legacies and achievements of Iusnaturalism -- Avatars of Natural Law. Natural Law in different colours -- Conclusion.

For centuries, natural law was the main philosophical legal paradigm. Now, it is a wonder when a court of law invokes it. Arthur Kaufmann already underlined a modern general "horror iuris naturalis". We also know, with Winfried Hassemer, that the succession of legal paradigms is a matter of fashion. But why did natural law become outdated? Are there any remnants of it still alive today? This book analyses a number of prejudices and myths that have created a general misconception of natural law. As Jean-Marc Trigeaud put it: there is a natural law that positivists invented. Not the real one(s). It seeks to understand not only the usual adversaries of natural law (like legalists, positivists and historicists) but also its further enemies, the inner enemies of natural law, such as internal aporias, political and ideological manipulations, etc. The book puts forward a reasoned and balanced examination of this treasure of western political and juridical though. And, if we look at it another way, natural law is by no means a loser in our times: because it lives in modern human rights.

There are no comments for this item.

Log in to your account to post a comment.
@ Jomo Kenyatta University Of Agriculture and Technology Library

Powered by Koha