The thought and work of the Jesuit Francisco Suárez (1548-1617) is widely acknowledged as the culmination point of the contribution of the theologians and jurists of the so-called School of Salamanca to the development of modern Western law. This collection of studies on the legal work of Suárez explores some of his major forays into the law. Both his theoretical system-building as well as his interventions in practical questions are covered. Next to discussions on the nature of law and its different categorisations, they extend to various subbranches of the law including family law, property law, the law of obligations, criminal law and international law.
Contributors are: Dominique Bauer, Daniel Schwartz, João Manuel Azevedo Alexandrino Fernandes, Lisa Brunori, Wim Decock, Bart Wauters, Gaëlle Demelemestre, Jean-Paul Coujou, and Cintia Faraco.
Randall Lesaffer is Professor of legal history at KU Leuven and Tilburg University. His work focuses on the early-modern law of nations and the recent history of international law.
Abbreviations and Bibliographical References to Works by Suárez
1âHistory, Casuistry and Custom in the Legal Thought of Francisco Suárez
âAn Introduction
ââDominique Bauer
2âBetween Aristotle and Scotus
âSuárez on the Duty to Punish
ââDaniel Schwartz
3âFrancisco Suárez als Rechtsberater
âEinige Reflexionen Ãber die Wahrscheinlichkeit und den Probabilismus im Recht
ââJoão Manuel A. Alexandrino Fernandes
4âThe Pragmatic Suárez
âPrivate Law in the Work of the Doctor Eximius
ââLuisa Brunori and Wim Decock
5âFree Will and dominium in Suárez
ââBart Wauters
8âHistory and the Auto-Referentiality of Law in the Seventh Book of Francisco Suárezâs De Legibus, De lege non scripta
ââDominique Bauer
9âThe Equilibrium between Intellectus and Voluntas
âThe Definition of Law by Francisco Suárez
ââCintia Faraco
Index
Scholars and students of legal history and the history of political thought of early-modern Europe. Both historians of private law and international law may have a particular interest.