A companion volume to the three-book set "Select Works of Edmund Burke", this text includes seven of Burke's major contributions to English political thinking on... Læs mere
These volumes contain the most important works of the great English jurist-politician who set out to codify English common law. In his Reports and his... Læs mere
Jacques Maritain was deeply engaged in the intellectual and political life of France through the turbulent decades that included the two world wars. This title collects nine lectures Maritain delivered at the University of Chicago in 1938.
Deals with some of Mises' earliest writings. This title features: an editor's introduction, annotations and critical apparatus, notes on the translation, bibliography, biographical notes, appendix, and index.
Divided into three books, this work draws together the concerns of many of author's earlier works. The first book presents the author's version of the "four-stage theory of... Læs mere
The writings presented in this two-volume set, are the political tracts of the English speaking peoples in the 17th century which... Læs mere
This text gives a complete outline history of the law, showing how an increasing awareness of the individual as a person who is responsible for decision and action gradually transformed the legal process. The 17 chapters include "The Physical Basis of Law" and "The Jewish Law".
This volume features the correspondence of two remarkably different men. John Adams and Benjamin Rush shared a devotion to liberty but championed very different views on the nature of the American Revolution and of the republic established with the United States Constitution.
Provides a novel account of the public goods dilemma. This book shows how the social contract, in its quest for fairness, actually helps to... Læs mere