Law, Philosophy of, 18th Century French Philosophy, Legal Theory & Philosophy - General & Miscellaneous
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Overview
Brooks (U. of Newcastle, England) has selected 16 essays on French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78) that explore his contributions to contemporary work in legal and political theory. They cover the general will, social contract theories, democratic rights, fundamental law, natural and natural rights, affinities between Rousseau's and Dworkin's legal theories, the use of narrative, bioethics, and promise enforcement. Among specific topics are his ideas on proportional majority rule, theory of natural law as conditional, narratives of hierarchy, and the re-emergence of enlightenment ideas in the 1994 French bioethics debate. They are reproduced from journals and anthologies published from 1972 and 2003; the original page numbers are preserved. Only names are indexed. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, ORBook Details
Published
July 1, 2005
Publisher
Ashgate Publishing, Limited
Pages
430
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780754624417