The gift of science
Subtitle: Leibniz and the modern legal tradition
By: Roger Berkowitz.
Series: Just ideas : transformative ideals of justice in ethical and politcal thought
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780823231911
Subjects: Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, -- Freiherr von, -- 1646-1716; Science and law -- History; Jurisprudence -- History; Law -- Philosophy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Beyond geometry : Leibniz and the science of law; title: The force of law : will; title: Leibniz's systema iuris; title: From the gesetzbuch to the landrecht : the ALR and the triumph of legality; title: The rule of law : the Crown Prince lectures and the grounding of legality in order and security; title: From reason to history : Savigny's system and the rise of social legal science; title: The Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (BGB) of 1900 : positive legal science and the end of justice.