Coming Soon A History of Natural Law: From the Ancient World to the New Aristotelianism

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A History of Natural Law: From the Ancient World to the New Aristotelianism

Edited by William M.R. Simpson · Justin Buckley Dyer
Coming Soon Cambridge University Press Available December 2026

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ISBN-13
9781009506380
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication
December 2026
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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What is the moral foundation of human rights, justice, and the rule of law? In a time of deep cultural and political division, this volume charts the rich history of one of the most enduring ideas in Western thought: that moral and legal norms are rooted in human nature and accessible to reason. Spanning ancient, medieval, early modern, and contemporary traditions-including Islamic and African-American perspectives-the volume shows how Natural Law has evolved and how it continues to shape debates in ethics, politics, and jurisprudence.

With chapters on Aristotle, Aquinas, Grotius, Locke, and the American Founders, as well as modern voices like Jacques Maritain and Martin Luther King, it offers both historical depth and philosophical clarity. Essential reading for students and scholars in philosophy, law, theology, and political theory, it invites readers to rediscover a tradition that speaks urgently to the moral challenges of our time.

Table of Contents

Introduction
William M. R. Simpson and Justin B. Dyer
1. Natural law in Plato, Aristotle and the Stoics
Susan Sauvé Meyer and Brad Inwood
2. Natural law in the Roman world
Jed W. Atkins
3. Natural law in early Islam
Karen Taliaferro
4. Natural law in early scholasticism
Jean Porter
5. Natural law and eternal law in Aquinas
Colleen McCluskey
6. Natural law in the late middle ages
Thomas Osborne
7. Natural law in the school of Salamanca
Thomas Izbicki
8. Natural law in Grotius and Pufendorf
Jonathan Price
9. Natural law in Hobbes and Locke
Diego Lucci
10. Natural law and the American founding
Justin Buckley Dyer and Vincent Phillip Muñoz
11. Natural law and the neo-scholastic revival
Romanus Cessario, OP
12. The post-war natural law revival
Candace Terman
13. The African American natural law tradition
Vincent W. Lloyd
14. Natural law and contemporary ethics
Matthew Shea
15. The new natural law theory
Melissa Moschella
16. Natural law and the new Aristotelianism
Daniel D. De Haan and William M. R. Simpson
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