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Record Nr.

UNINA9910438227403321

Autore

Ferreira da Cunha Paulo

Titolo

Rethinking Natural Law [[electronic resource] /] / by Paulo Ferreira da Cunha

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013

ISBN

1-283-93516-3

3-642-32659-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (78 p.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Law, , 2192-855X

Disciplina

340.112

Soggetti

Law—Philosophy

Law

Political science

Political theory

Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History

Philosophy of Law

Political Theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction. Part I  Foundations: Goethe's Swan -- The contributions of the paradigm "Natural Law" -- Sterility of Natural Law theoricism -- From the side of positivism -- Part II New Visions Old Questions: Contemporary Natural Law dialogues -- What Natural Law is, what it is not -- Legacies and achievements of Iusnaturalism -- Avatars of Natural Law. Natural Law in different colours -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

For centuries, natural law was the main philosophical legal paradigm. Now, it is a wonder when a court of law invokes it. Arthur Kaufmann already underlined a modern general "horror iuris naturalis". We also know, with Winfried Hassemer, that the succession of legal paradigms is a matter of fashion. But why did natural law become outdated? Are there any remnants of it still alive today? This book analyses a number of prejudices and myths that have created a general misconception of natural law. As Jean-Marc Trigeaud put it: there is a natural law that positivists invented. Not the real one(s). It seeks to understand not only



the usual adversaries of natural law (like legalists, positivists and historicists) but also its further enemies, the inner enemies of natural law, such as internal aporias, political and ideological manipulations, etc. The book puts forward a reasoned and balanced examination of this treasure of western political and juridical though. And, if we look at it another way, natural law is by no means a loser in our times: because it lives in modern human rights.