This book offers a historical overview on questions of individual autonomy and fundamental freedoms in a pluralistic society, and the extent to which modern Enlightenment values can serve as the universal foundation of law and society.
The central question in legal philosophy is the relationship between law and morality. The legal systems of many countries around the world have been influenced by the principles of the Enlightenment: freedom, equality and fraternity. The position is similar in relation to the a…
Law, Order and Freedom gives an account of the history of Western legal and political philosophy, starting with the pre-Socratics and ending with Rawls. It examines in detail the development of the Enlightenment values of freedom and equality, the foremost principles of many pre…