The two levels of natural law thinking

Thomas Mautner; Karl Olivecrona

doi:10.5235/204033210793524212

The two levels of natural law thinking

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Central parts of the natural law theories of Grotius and Pufendorf assume that persons by nature have individual realms of their own (suum), violations of which constitute a wrong. This is the basis for their accounts of promises, ownership and reactions against wrongs. These accounts are significantly independent of any assumption that a superior being imposes obligations: rather, the individuals themselves create obligations by their own acts of will. The translator's introducton draws attention to the author's relation to Hï¿½gerstrï¿½m, and remarks briefly on related points in Ames, Kï¿½hler and Georges Davy

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	197-224
Journal	Jurisprudence: An International Journal of Legal and Political Thought
Volume	1
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5235/204033210793524212
Publication status	Published - 2010

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