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Writings on Common Law and Hereditary Right

Quentin Skinner

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This volume in the Clarendon Edition of the Works of Thomas Hobbes contains

A dialogue between a philosopher and a student, of the common laws of England

, edited by Alan Cromartie, supplemented by the important fragment Questions relative to Hereditary Right, discovered and edited by Quentin Skinner. As a critique of common law by a great philosopher, the
Dialogue
should be essential reading for anybody interested in English political thought or legal theory. Cromartie has established when and why the work was written and has supplied extensive annotation to make the work accessible to the non-specialist reader. The additional piece sees Hobbes mounting a robust defense of hereditary right, in the course of which he also makes some important general observations about the concept of a right. It is also of special interest as it constitutes Hobbes's last word on politics.

Language: English

Pages: 264

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Release: May 05, 2005

ISBN: 0198237022

ISBN 13: 9780198237020

Writings on Common Law and Hereditary Right

Quentin Skinner

4/5 ( ratings)

This volume in the Clarendon Edition of the Works of Thomas Hobbes contains

A dialogue between a philosopher and a student, of the common laws of England

, edited by Alan Cromartie, supplemented by the important fragment Questions relative to Hereditary Right, discovered and edited by Quentin Skinner. As a critique of common law by a great philosopher, the
Dialogue
should be essential reading for anybody interested in English political thought or legal theory. Cromartie has established when and why the work was written and has supplied extensive annotation to make the work accessible to the non-specialist reader. The additional piece sees Hobbes mounting a robust defense of hereditary right, in the course of which he also makes some important general observations about the concept of a right. It is also of special interest as it constitutes Hobbes's last word on politics.

Language: English

Pages: 264

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Release: May 05, 2005

ISBN: 0198237022

ISBN 13: 9780198237020

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