Natural law in judaism revisited

Santiago Legarre

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Santiago Legarre Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

Parole chiave:

Derecho natural, Judaísmo, Novak, Antiguo testamento, Finnis

Abstract

The author analyzes the connection between Natural Law and Positive Law in the sources of Judaism according to the study of Rabbi Novak. At the same time it makes a comparison with the Classical Tradition in this area, especially with the thought of Thomas Aquinas and the ideas on Natural Law in the Australian philosopher John Finnis

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Biografia autore

Santiago Legarre, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

Professor of Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina; Investigador Independiente, CONICET. Visiting Professor, University of Notre Dame Law School (USA) and Strathmore Law School (Kenya). LL.B. (UCA), M.St. (Oxford), Ph.D. (Universidad de Buenos Aires). This article was the basis for a presentation at the “Judaism, Christianity, and the West”. Conference, in whose proceedings it is due to be included. It was held by the Acton Institute in Jerusalem, 9 September 2015. Thanks much to Samuel Gregg, Gregory Mitchel and Christophe Rico for insightful comments