Stephen Buckle traces the history of theories of natural law, social order, and property through the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

This book provides the first systematic, book-length defence of natural law ideas in ethics, politics and jurisprudence since John Finnis's influential Natural Law and Natural Rights. Incorporating insights from recent work in ethical, legal and social theory, it presents a robust and original account of the natural law tradition, challenging common perceptions of natural law a...(展开全部)

This book provides the first systematic, book-length defence of natural law ideas in ethics, politics and jurisprudence since John Finnis's influential Natural Law and Natural Rights. Incorporating insights from recent work in ethical, legal and social theory, it presents a robust and original account of the natural law tradition, challenging common perceptions of natural law a...(展开全部)

In Section 1, I outline the history of natural law theory, covering Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics and Aquinas. In Section 2, I explore two alternative traditions of natural law, and explain why these constitute rivals to the Aristotelian tradition. In Section 3, I go on to elaborate a via negativa along which natural law norms can be discovered. On this basis, I unpack what I ca...(展开全部)

斯蒂芬·巴克勒（Stephen Buckle）博士，澳大利亚天主教大学（Australian Catholic University)神学与哲学学院的高级讲师（Senior Lecturer），专攻英格兰哲学尤其是休谟之学，是这个领域备受关注的研究者。他是英国哲学史学会（British Society for the History of Philosophy）和休谟研究会（Hume Society）的会员。迄今为止已出版与发表这个领域的多本专著和论文。 周清林，湖南涟源人，西南政法大学民商法学院副教授，法学博士。迄今出版《主体哲学的私法展开：权利能力研究》专著一本，副主编连续出版物《民法哲学研究》，发表了如《从“Recht”到“f?higkeit”：论作为民法基础的消极人格》《走向何种“自然”：自然人观念在中国的变迁》《经典理论理解与人本主义之间—...(展开全部)

Bringing a timely synthesis to the field, The Handbook of Law and Society presents a comprehensive overview of key research findings, theoretical developments, and methodological controversies in the field of law and society. Provides illuminating insights into societal issues that pose ongoing real-world legal problems; Offers accessible, succinct overviews with in-depth cover...(展开全部)

Bringing a timely synthesis to the field, The Handbook of Law and Society presents a comprehensive overview of key research findings, theoretical developments, and methodological controversies in the field of law and society. Provides illuminating insights into societal issues that pose ongoing real-world legal problems; Offers accessible, succinct overviews with in-depth cover...(展开全部)

The Blackwell Companion to Law and Society is an authoritative study of the relationship between law and social interaction. Thirty-three original essays by an international group of expert scholars examine a wide range of critical questions, covering topics such as the various legal systems favored by different societies and cultures, the effect that law has on scientific and ...(展开全部)