Contract Theory in Historical Context
Author | : Deborah Baumgold |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 209 |
Release | : 2010 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789004184251 |
ISBN-13 | : 9004184252 |
Rating | : 4/5 (252 Downloads) |
Download or read book Contract Theory in Historical Context written by Deborah Baumgold and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These essays carefully show that classic social-contract theory was an ancien regime genre. Far more than is commonly realized, the local horizon was built into Hobbes s and Locke s theories and the genre drew on the absolutism of Bodin and Grotius.