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The Necessity of Nature: God, Science and Money in 17th Century English Law of Nature

Mónica García-Salmones Rovira

To understand our current world crises, it is essential to study the origins of the systems and institutions we now take for granted. This book takes a novel approach to charting intellectual, scientific and philosophical histories alongside the development of the international legal order by studying the philosophy and theology of the Scientific Revolution and its impact on European natural law, political liberalism and political economy. Starting from analysis of the work of Thomas Hobbes, Robert Boyle and John Locke on natural law, the author incorporates a holistic approach that encompasses global legal matters beyond the foundational matters of treaties and diplomacy. The monograph promotes a sustainable transformation of international law in the context of related philosophy, history and theology. Tackling issues such as nature, money, necessities, human nature, secularism and epistemology, which underlie natural lawyers' thinking, Associate Professor García-Salmones explains their enduring relevance for international legal studies today. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publish Date: Feb 23rd, 2023
  • Pages: 504
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.00in - 6.00in - 1.06in - 1.80lb
  • EAN: 9781009332163
  • Categories: International

About the Author

García-Salmones Rovira, Mónica: - Mónica García-Salmones Rovira is Global Law Fellow in the Alvaro d'Ors Global Law Chair, ICS, at the University of Navarre, and a Senior Fellow at the Erik Castrén Institute of International Law, University of Helsinki. She is the author of The Project of Positivism in International Law (2013) and co-editor of Cosmopolitanisms in Enlightenment Europe and Beyond (2013) and International Law and Religion (2017).

Praise for this book

'This book contributes innovatively and originally to clarifying the complexity of the debates on natural law in the 17th century, showing how we might stand to benefit from them in the present day.' Gustavo Gozzi, Journal of the History of International Law