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1 online resource (309 pages) |
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Routledge Studies in the History of Economics |
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Routledge studies in the history of economics.
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Cover ; Half Title ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents ; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Childhood and Education; A True European; Doctrines of Political Economy; Diffusion of Pufendorf's Economic Ideas; Early French Philosophers and Pufendorf; Scottish Followers of Pufendorf; How could Pufendorf be Overlooked?; Pufendorf the Grandfather of Political Economy; Note; PART I: Childhood and Education; 1. Childhood: Turbulent Times; Notes; 2. University Education in Leipzig and Jena; Notes; 3. A Creative Imprisonment in Copenhagen; Notes; PART II: A True European |
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4. Academic CareerPufendorf as Professor at the University of Heidelberg; Pufendorf as Professor at the University of Lund; Pufendorf as Historiographer in Stockholm; Pufendorf as Historiographer in Berlin; Notes; 5. A Champion of the Enlightenment; Pufendorf's Writings; Grotius and his Followers Selden, Hobbes and Cumberland; Pufendorf's System of Natural Law; Notes; PART III: Doctrines of Political Economy; 6. Method of Analysis; The Method used in Elementorum Jurisprudentiae Universalis; The Method used in De Jure Naturae et Gentium; The Social Life of Man; The Certainty of Moral Science |
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Notes7. Theory of Human Behaviour; Man's Distinctive Light of Intelligence; Man Should Be Governed by Law; The Natural State of Man; The True Basis for the Law of Nature; Self-Interest -- Man's First Human Attribute; Sociability -- Man's Second Human Attribute; Man's Duties towards Himself; Man's Duties Toward Other Men; Discounted Value of Damage; All Men Are Equal; Notes; 8. Private Property and the Four-Stages Theory; The Right and the Power of Men; The Origin of Property; The Role of an Agreement or Pact; The Four-Stages Theory; Notes; 9. Theories of Value, Money and Trade; What is Price? |
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Human MotivesWhat is the Legitimate Price?; Legal Price and Natural Price; How is the Natural Price Determined?; Changes in Market Price; Question of Information; Theory of Money and Trade; What Can Be Used as Money?; Quantity of Money and the Price Level; Money and the Rate of Interest; Monopolies; On Interest; Notes; 10. The Foundation of States and Councils; On the Establishment of a State; On the Internal Structure of States; Contractual Nature of the State; What Agreements Are Needed?; The Will of the State; Council Decisions and Voting Procedures ; Manipulation; An Insoluble Problem? |
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Notes11. Division of State Powers and Principles of Taxation; The Supreme Sovereignty; The Division of Responsibilities in a State; What Parts Are Naturally United?; Problems of Divisions of Prerogatives; Forms of States; Comparative Advantages of Different Forms of States; Principles of Taxation; The Economic Responsibility of a Sovereign; A State of Emergency; Note; PART IV: Diffusion of Pufendorf's Economic Ideas; 12. A Great Popularizer; What Were the Reasons for his Popularization?; De Officio: An International Bestseller; Jean Barbeyrac: The Preeminent French Translator |
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Editions and Translations of De Officio |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr von, 1632-1694.
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| SUBJECT |
Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr von, 1632-1694 fast |
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Natural law.
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Economics -- Political aspects -- History
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Law -- Political aspects.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference.
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Economics -- Political aspects
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Law -- Political aspects
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Natural law
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317207702 |
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131720770X |
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9781317207696 |
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1317207696 |
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9781315617350 |
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1315617358 |
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