A Discourse on the Study of the Law of Nature and Nations
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The duties of ordinary people and the obligations of states belong to the same field of study in James Mackintosh's introductory discourse. Preparing a course of public lectures, he explains why natural law can guide both legal education and a wider understanding of society. His account connects private morality with government, the authority of lawmakers, and the rules governing relations between independent nations in peace and war.
Mackintosh argues that common principles of justice apply across these different scales of human life. In discussing everyday duties, he gives property and marriage a central place in the preservation of social order, drawing on ancient writers and Christian moral teaching. Readers interested in the foundations of law will find a reasoned statement of how moral obligations, established customs, and public institutions fit together. The formal prose also offers a view of legal study as part of a broad education.
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- Author
- James Mackintosh
- Reading time
- About 70 minutes
- Pages
- 30
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Political Philosophy
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