Natural law in judaism revisited

Authors

  • Santiago Legarre Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

Keywords:

Natural law, Judaism, Novak, Ancien Testament, 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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Author Biography

  • 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

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Published

24-05-2017

Issue

No. 82 (2016)

Section

Part III. Notes and Comments

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How to Cite

Natural law in judaism revisited. (2017). Prudentia Iuris, 82, 239-249. https://erevistas.uca.edu.ar/index.php/PRUDENTIA/article/view/391