The necessity of nature : God, science and money in 17th century English law of nature / Mónica García-Salmones, University of Helsinki.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

García-Salmones Rovira, Mónica, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in international and comparative law ; 179.

Cambridge studies in international and comparative law ; 179

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural law--History--17th century.

Natural law.

Natural law--England--History--17th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 461 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

To understand our current world crises, it is essential to study the origins of the systems and institutions we now take for granted. This book takes a novel approach to charting intellectual, scientific and philosophical histories alongside the development of the international legal order by studying the philosophy and theology of the Scientific Revolution and its impact on European natural law, political liberalism and political economy. Starting from analysis of the work of Thomas Hobbes, Robert Boyle and John Locke on natural law, the author incorporates a holistic approach that encompasses global legal matters beyond the foundational matters of treaties and diplomacy. The monograph promotes a sustainable transformation of international law in the context of related philosophy, history and theology. Tackling issues such as nature, money, necessities, human nature, secularism and epistemology, which underlie natural lawyers' thinking, Associate Professor García-Salmones explains their enduring relevance for international legal studies today.

Contents:

A Christian science : searching for the common good and the public good

Hobbes's doctrine of necessity

Necessities, natural rights and sovereignty in Leviathan

Reformers on the necessary knowledge

Necessity, free will and conscience : Robert Sanderson

The grand business of nature

Robert Boyle, the empire over nature

Locke's early writings

Medicine, oeconomy and needs

Money and the doctrine of necessities

The scientification of money

The doctrine of necessities and the (public) good

Conclusions.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 16 Feb 2023).

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781009332149 (ebook)

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