The Dicaeologicae was an immense Latin work that sought to construct a single comprehensive juridical system by collating the Decalogue, Jewish law, Roman law, and various streams of European customary law. The translated sections comprising On Law and Power address such topics as common law, natural law, private or individual law, the nature of sovereign public authority, and limitations on public power.
Contents:
"Althusius in Context: A Biographical and Historical Introduction," by Stephen J. Grabill
"A Demonstrative Theory of Natural Law: Johannes Althusius and the Rise of Calvinist Jurisprudence," by John Witte, Jr.
Preface
On Common Law
On the Individual, Principal Law
On Public Power in General
On Limited Public Power
The Dicaeologicae was an immense Latin work that sought to construct a single comprehensive juridical system by collating the Decalogue, Jewish law, Roman law, and various streams of European customary law. The translated sections comprising On Law and Power address such topics as common law, natural law, private or individual law, the nature of sovereign public authority, and limitations on public power.
Contents:
"Althusius in Context: A Biographical and Historical Introduction," by Stephen J. Grabill
"A Demonstrative Theory of Natural Law: Johannes Althusius and the Rise of Calvinist Jurisprudence," by John Witte, Jr.
Preface
On Common Law
On the Individual, Principal Law
On Public Power in General
On Limited Public Power