The Influence of Legal History on Modern Practices
Law: Definition, Sources Of Law, Rules And Capabilities Of Law
He impressed two nascent colleges of international law, the naturalists and the positivists. In the former camp was German jurist Samuel von Pufendorf (1632–1694), who confused the supremacy of the law of nature over states. His 1672 work, Of the Law of Nature and Nations, expanded on the theories of Grotius and grounded pure law to purpose and the secular world, asserting that it regulated only external acts of states. Pufendorf challenged the Hobbesian notion that the state of nature was considered one of war and conflict, arguing that the …
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