Human Rights and Natural Law An Intercultural Philosophical Perspective

It was in ancient Greek philosophy where the idea arose that there is a supreme law before which any civil law created by human societies has to be justified. Since then the concept of natural law not only remained one of the paradigms of Western civilization but has shaped the development of intern...

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Main Author: Schweidler, Walter
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Academia Press 2012
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