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| Law: Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior. Law helps to maintain and protect people's rights. See also Rights, Society, State, Jurisdiction._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Marsilius of Padua on Law - Dictionary of Arguments
Höffe I 182 Law/Laws/Marsilius/Höffe: The defender of peace(1) acknowledges a natural right. But he claims (...) that law in the proper sense cannot be derived from it. This is rather due to the state legislator. Marsilius represents, here comparable to Thomas, a moderate legal positivism: The legislator may not enact arbitrary laws; these should rather correspond to the useful and just, which Marsilius also expects from the legislator, the totality of the citizens. >Legislation/Marsilius. 1. Marsilius, Defensor pacis_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Marsilius of Padua Höffe I Otfried Höffe Geschichte des politischen Denkens München 2016 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-25