Présentation de l'éditeur : "How does one lead a life of law, love, and freedom? This inquiry has very deep roots in the Judeo-Christian tradition. Indeed, the divergent answers to this inquiry mark the transition from Judeo to Christian. This book returns to those roots to trac…
How does one lead a life of law, love, and freedom? This inquiry has very deep roots in the Judeo-Christian tradition. Indeed, the divergent answers to this inquiry mark the transition from Judeo to Christian. This book returns to those roots to trace the twists and turns that t…
Présentation de l'éditeur : "This book explores both historical and contemporary Christian sources and dimensions of global law and includes critical perspectives from various religious and philosophical traditions. Two dozen leading scholars discuss the constituent principles o…
"This book explores both historical and contemporary Christian sources and dimensions of global law, and includes critical perspectives, comparative perspectives, and dialectics with other faiths and liberal philosophical perspectives. Leading scholars from various disciplines d…
"This book explores both historical and contemporary Christian sources and dimensions of global law, and includes critical perspectives, comparative perspectives, and dialectics with other faiths and liberal philosophical perspectives. Leading scholars from various disciplines d…
"Antonin Scalia thought deeply about matters of religion and shared his insights with many audiences over the course of his remarkable career. As a Supreme Court justice for three decades, he vigorously defended the American tradition of allowing religion a prominent place in th…
"This book, authored by an international group of scholars, focuses on a vibrant central current within the history of Russian legal thought: how Christianity, and theistic belief generally, has inspired the aspiration to the rule of law in Russia, informed Russian philosophies …
"This book focuses on a vibrant central current within the history of Russian legal thought: how Christianity, and theistic belief generally, has inspired the aspiration to the rule of law in Russia, informed Russian philosophies of law, and shaped legal practices. In this volum…
"This book focuses on how Christianity, and theistic belief generally, has inspired the aspiration to the rule of law in Russia, informed Russian philosophies of law, and shaped legal practices. In this volume, a team of Western and Russian scholars presents fourteen portraits o…
Through a close reading of Thomas Aquinas, this book explores the content, organization, and plausibility of the Divine Law of both the Old and New Testaments, demonstrating its surprising relevance to the modern world. This interdisciplinary, accessible commentary includes thor…
The beginnings of English law
by Oliver, Lisi
fromToronto medieval texts and translations
The beginnings of English law
by Oliver, Lisi
fromToronto medieval texts and translations
The beginnings of English law
by Oliver, Lisi
fromToronto medieval texts and translations
"The laws of AEthelberht of Kent (ca. 600), Hlophere and Eadric (685x686), and Wihtred (695) are the earliest laws from Anglo-Saxon England, and the first Germanic laws written in the vernacular. They are of unique importance as the only extant early medieval English laws that d…
The beginnings of English law
by Oliver, Lisi
fromToronto medieval texts and translations
Annotated edition of 7th century Kentish laws, with facing page translation and commentary. Updates previous works with current scholarship in the fields of linguistics and social and legal history to present new editions and translations of these three Kentish pre-Alfredian la…
The beginnings of English law
by Oliver, Lisi
fromToronto medieval texts and translations
Updates previous works with current scholarship in the fields of linguistics and social and legal history to present new editions and translations of these three Kentish pre-Alfredian laws, each situated within its historical, literary, and legal context.
