A contribution to the relationship between law and liberty, this work forms a criticism of virtually every modern mode of interpreting the law. Pound believed that the administration of justice had lost its grounding and recourse to enduring ideals.
Samuel Pufendorf was, along with Grotius, a great renewer of natural law theory. First translated in 1695, this title exhibits the... Læs mere
A V Dicey's lectures were a reflection of the anxieties felt by Benthamite Liberals in the face of Socialist... Læs mere
Christian Thomasius' natural jurisprudence is useful to understanding the origins of the Enlightenment in... Læs mere
Collects the works of Frederic Bastiat - a theoretician, a pamphleteer, a journalist, and a deputy of the nascent French Second Republic. This... Læs mere
Contains 33 selections of William Graham Sumner's most important essays, such as "The Forgotten Man", "The Conquest of the... Læs mere
Building on David Hume, Adam Smith, and their respective natural histories... Læs mere
Presents an explanation of the international conflicts that caused both world wars. This title provides the main theme: government... Læs mere
Puts forward a significant argument in favour of the importance of moral values in the orderly functioning of modern democracies. This book begins with a survey of the role... Læs mere
Features: annotations and critical apparatus, notes on the translation, bibliography, biographical notes, appendix, and index.