Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Natural law in historical context; 2. A novel doctrine of the sources of law: nature and the classics; 3.The influence of classical rhetoric on Grotius' method; 4. Social instinct or self-preservation?; 5. Justice for the state of nature: from Aristotle to the Corpus Iuris; 6. Grotius' concept of the state of nature; 7. Roman remedies in the state of nature; 8. Natural rights and just wars; 9. Enforcing natural law: the right to punish.
Roman law in the state of nature : the classical foundations of Hugo Grotius' natural law by Benjamin Straumann. ISBN 9781107092907. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2015. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.