History of Western Legal Thought: Second Edition

Author: Gu Chunde, Editor-in-Chief
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Publishing Date: 2006-03-01
Features: Since its publication in 2000, this textbook has been widely welcomed by faculty and students across law schools in China. Based on reader feedback and the needs of teaching practice, we conducted necessary revisions to the textbook in early 2006. While maintaining the original system, structure, and content of the textbook, we added the legal thoughts of figures such as Polybius, Marsilius, Fichte, and Radbruch. We also expanded on several sections, including the emergence and development of ancient Greek and Roman slave societies, the legal philosophy of Plato, the legal thoughts of Bentham and Austin, the legal philosophy of Savigny and Maine, the legal philosophy of Kant and Hegel, and the legal thoughts of Kelsen and Hart. Some formatting adjustments were made to enhance completeness and rationality, and the text and expressions in each chapter were corrected, with some inappropriate statements and typos fixed to improve the quality of the textbook.