History of Western Legal Thought

Author: Xu Guo'ai
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Publish Date: 2003-10-01
Features: The book is divided into four parts, consisting of 18 chapters, comprehensively and systematically elaborating on the Western legal thought of ancient Greece and Rome, the Middle Ages, modern times, and the contemporary period, showcasing the developmental trajectory of Western legal thought.
Part I, Ancient and Medieval Western Legal Thought. This primarily includes the legal thought of ancient Greece, ancient Rome, and the Middle Ages.
Part II, 17th and 18th Century Western Legal Thought. This primarily includes the political and legal thought of Grotius, Spinoza, Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, and Rousseau.
Part III, 19th Century Legal Schools. This primarily includes the philosophical school of law, the analytical school of law, and historical jurisprudence.
Part IV, Modern Legal Thought. This primarily includes modern natural law theory, new analytical jurisprudence, sociological jurisprudence, and postmodern jurisprudence.
The book focuses on analyzing legal theory, sociological jurisprudence, and postmodern jurisprudence. It provides a detailed discussion of the legal thought, theories, and works of renowned thinkers, as well as an elaboration on the developmental trends of contemporary Western legal and philosophical thought, particularly the basics of postmodern jurisprudence.