Commentary

• “L’Idée du droit subjectif et les systèmes juridiques romains.”

  - Michel Villey, "L'Idée du droit subjectif et les systèmes juridiques romains," Revue historique de droit français et étranger, ser. 4, 24–5: 201–28, reprinted as “Les institutes de Gaius et l’idée du droit subjectif” in Villey (1962), 169-88., 1946.

• Natural Right and History

  - Leo Strauss, Natural Right and History. Paperback edn. University ofChicago Press, 1965.
  Review: –  In this classic work, Leo Strauss examines the problem of natural right and argues that there is a firm foundation in reality for the distinction between right and wrong in ethics and politics. On the centenary of Strauss’s birth, and… More

• Natural Law and Natural Rights

  - John Finnis, Natural Law and Natural Rights. Oxford, 1980.
  Overview: –  First published in 1980, Natural Law and Natural Rights is widely heralded as a seminal contribution to the philosophy of law, and an authoritative restatement of natural law doctrine. It has offered generations of students and other… More

• “Grotius, Carneades and Hobbes.”

  - Richard Tuck, “Grotius, Carneades and Hobbes,” Grotiana 4: 43-62., 1983.  

• The Idea of Natural Rights: Studies on Natural Rights, Natural Law and Church Law 1150-1625.

  - Brian Tierney, The Idea of Natural Rights: Studies on Natural Rights, Natural Law and Church Law 1150-1625. Emory University Studies in Law and Religion. Atlanta, 1997.
  Overview: –  This series, originally published by Scholars Press and now available from Eerdmans, is intended to foster exploration of the religious dimensions of law, the legal dimensions of religion, and the interaction of legal and religious ideas,… More

• “Thomas Jefferson and republicanism.”

  - Jean M. Yarbrough, “Thomas Jefferson and republicanism,” in Thomas Jefferson and the Politics of Nature, ed. T. S. Engeman. Notre Dame, Ind.: 59-80., 2000.