On the Law in General: Sources in Early Modern Economics, Ethics, and Law (Zanchi)

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Zanchi, Girolamo

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9781938948121

Publisher:

Christian's Library Press

Pages:

105

Binding:

Paperback

On the Law in General is a single chapter of Girolamo Zanchi's Tractatus de Redemptione, part of what has been called an unfinished Protestant "summa" akin to that of Thomas Aquinas. In this selection Zanchi examines the relationship of the natural law to human law, church tradition, custom, divine laws, and the Mosaic law, offering a rigorous analysis of the nature of law in general, constituting a seminal work in early modern political and legal theory.

Table of Contents:

Introduction by Stephen J. Grabill

On the Law in General

On the Law Through which Comes Knowledge of Sin
On Natural Law
On Human Laws
On the Traditions of the Church
On Custom and Title
On Divine Laws
On the Laws of the Jewish State
On the Ceremonial Laws

Author

Girolamo Zanchi (1516-1590) was an Italian reformer who fled persecution to eventually settle in Strasbourg as professor of Old Testament at the College of Saint Thomas. He was later appointed in Heidelberg as professor of theology at the University there. His work is characterized by an impressive synthesis of Reformed theology, Thomism, and the scholastic method.