On the Law in General is a single chapter of Girolamo Zanchi's Tractatus de Redemptione, part of what has been called an unfinished Protestant "summa" akin to that of Thomas Aquinas. In this selection Zanchi examines the relationship of the natural law to human law, church tradition, custom, divine laws, and the Mosaic law, offering a rigorous analysis of the nature of law in general, constituting a seminal work in early modern political and legal theory.
Contents:
Introduction by Stephen J. Grabill
On the Law in General
On the Law Through which Comes Knowledge of Sin
On Natural Law
On Human Laws
On the Traditions of the Church
On Custom and Title
On Divine Laws
On the Laws of the Jewish State
On the Ceremonial Laws
On the Law in General is a single chapter of Girolamo Zanchi's Tractatus de Redemptione, part of what has been called an unfinished Protestant "summa" akin to that of Thomas Aquinas. In this selection Zanchi examines the relationship of the natural law to human law, church tradition, custom, divine laws, and the Mosaic law, offering a rigorous analysis of the nature of law in general, constituting a seminal work in early modern political and legal theory.
Contents:
Introduction by Stephen J. Grabill
On the Law in General
On the Law Through which Comes Knowledge of Sin
On Natural Law
On Human Laws
On the Traditions of the Church
On Custom and Title
On Divine Laws
On the Laws of the Jewish State
On the Ceremonial Laws