Natural Law in Court : : A History of Legal Theory in Practice / / R. H. Helmholz.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Helmholz, R. H.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (260 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Abbreviations --; Table of Citations to the ius commune --; Table of English Cases --; Table of American Cases --; Introduction --; 1. Legal Education in Continental Europe --; 2. The Law of Nature in European Courts --; 3. Legal Education in England --; 4. The Law of Nature in English Courts --; 5. Legal Education in the United States --; 6. The Law of Nature in American Courts --; Conclusion --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674504592; 9783110665901
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674504592
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: R. H. Helmholz.

Natural-law theory grounds human laws in universal truths of God’s creation. The task of the judicial system was to build an edifice of positive law on natural law’s foundations. R. H. Helmholz shows how lawyers and judges made and interpreted natural law arguments in the West, and concludes that historically it has advanced the cause of justice.