Great Christian jurists in the low countries

What impact has Christianity had on law and policies in the Lowlands from the eleventh century through the end of the twentieth century? Taking the gradual 'secularization' of European legal culture as a framework, this volume explores the lives and times of twenty legal scholars and profe...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Decock, Wim (Editor), Oosterhuis, Janwillem (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2021
Series:Law and Christianity
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Collection: Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Great Christian jurists in the low countries / Wim Decock and Janwillem Oosterhuis
  • Alger of Liège / Emmanuël Falzone
  • Arnoldus Gheyloven / Bram Van Hofstraeten
  • Boëtius Epo / Hylkje de Jong
  • Leonardus Lessius / Toon Van Houdt
  • Franciscus Zypaeus / Wouter Druwé
  • Hugo Grotius / Janwillem Oosterhuis
  • Paulus Voet (1619-1667) - A Christian jurist during the Dutch golden age / Johannes van Kralingen
  • Ulrik Huber / Atsuko Fukuoka
  • Zeger-Bernard van Espen / Jan Hallebeek
  • Dionysius van der Keesse (1738-1816). The defiance of a Christian conservative / E. Koops
  • Pieter Paulus (1753-1796) / Matthijs de Blois
  • Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer / Jan Willem Sap
  • Edouard Ducpétiaux - A Christian, but also a jurist? / Frank Judo
  • Charles Périn / Fred Stevens
  • Léon de Lantsheere (1862-1912) / Peter Heyrman
  • Paul Scholten / Timo Slootweg
  • Willem Duynstee / Corjo Jansen
  • Jules Storme (1887-1955), the Catholic jurist and the growing pains of Christian democracy in Belgium / Dirk Heirbaut
  • Herman Dooyeweerd / Bas Hengstmengel
  • Josse Mertens de Wilmars (1912-2002) / Laurent Waelkens