Philosophy of law and jurisprudence
Mortimer J. Adler (Author), Peter Wolff (Editor), Edward H. Levi (Contributor)
A thematic reading guide for the Great books of the Western world series
Law commentaries
xx, 251 pages ; 21 cm.
9780852291375, 085229137X
772414
First reading: Aeschylus Agamemnon, Choephoroe, Eumenides
Second reading: Plato Euthyphro, Laws, Apology, Crito
Third reading: Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics
Fourth reading: Old Testament Exodus, Deuteronomy; New Testament Matthew, Romans
Fifth reading: Aristotle The Athenian Constitution; Plutarch The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans
Sixth reading: Aquinas Summa Theologica
Seventh reading: Aquinas Summa Theologica
Eighth reading: Hobbes Leviathan
Ninth reading: Shakespeare Merchant of Venice
Tenth reading: Montesquieu The Spirit of Laws
Eleventh reading: Rousseau A Discourse on Political Economy, The Social Contract
Twelfth reading: Kant The Science of Right
Thirteenth reading: Articles of Confederation, The Constitution of the United States of America
Fourteenth reading: Hegel Philosophy of Right
Fifteenth reading: Dostoevsky The Brothers Karamazov