Christianity and Global Law.
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- 9781000039221
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- KB300 .C475 2020
Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Preface and acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I Historical-biographical approach -- 1 St. Paul and the moral law -- 2 Augustine and the common good -- 3 Thomas Aquinas: definitions and vocabulary in his Treatise on Law -- 4 Francisco de Vitoria and the global commonwealth -- 5 Francisco Suárez on the law of nations and just war -- 6 Alberico Gentili and the secularization of the law of nations -- 7 Johannes Althusius and the universal rule of natural laws and rights -- 8 Hugo Grotius and the makings of modern natural law -- 9 Kant's Religion and Perpetual Peace -- 10 Jacques Maritain and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- 11 Robert Schuman and the process of European integration -- Part II Structural principles of global governance -- 12 Christianity and the global rule of law -- 13 Christianity and the principle of dignity -- 14 Christianity and the principle of equality in global law -- 15 The principle of the common good -- 16 Christianity, sovereignty, and global law -- 17 Christianity and the principle of solidarity -- 18 Christianity and the principle of subsidiarity -- Part III Global issues and global public goods -- 19 Christianity and human rights -- 20 Christianity and the international economic order -- 21 Christianity and a global law for migration -- 22 Christianity, global environmental protection, and animal law -- 23 Christianity and the use of force: Lex and Pax Christi -- 24 Christianity and international criminal law -- Index.
This book explores both historical and contemporary Christian sources and dimensions of global law, and includes critical perspectives, comparative perspectives, and dialectics with other faiths and liberal philosophical perspectives.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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