A Self-Study Guide and Solutions to Problems on the History of Western Legal Thought - (Second Edition)

Author: Gu Chunde
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: The history of Western legal thought is both a historical discipline within the field of law and a theoretical discipline within it. The history of Western legal thought is the study of the political and legal thoughts, views, theories, and doctrines of different thinkers in various historical periods of major European and North American countries, as well as the laws of their emergence, development, and evolution. It involves major Western countries such as ancient Greece, Rome, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Italy, France, Germany, and the United States, as well as a large number of thinkers like Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and their works, along with various schools of law such as natural law, analytical law, and sociological law. The introduction primarily discusses the research object and scope of the history of Western legal thought, its relationship with other disciplines (such as the history of foreign legal systems, the history of Western political thought, the history of Western philosophy, and the basic theory of law), the significance of studying the history of Western legal thought (benefiting a comprehensive understanding of various legal thoughts, views, theories, and doctrines in the history of major European and North American countries and their emergence, development, and evolution; benefiting the adherence to and development of Marxist legal theory; benefiting the implementation of the strategy and goals of governing the country according to law, building a socialist rule-of-law state, and advancing the construction of democracy, the legal system, and political civilization in China), and issues related to the curriculum structure.