Matthew Hale: On the Law of Nature, Reason, and Common Law: Selected Jurisprudential Writings

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Oxford University Press (2017)
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Gerald Postema presents the collected writings on legal, political, and moral theory of a key thinker of the 17th century, Sir Matthew Hale. Hale develops a unique and sophisticated account of the nature and foundations of common law, with extended reflections on natural law, moral and legal reasoning, and the legal limits of political authority.

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