Book contents
- Great Christian Jurists in French History
- Law and Christianity
- Great Christian Jurists in French History
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Ivo of Chartres (Yves de Chartres)
- 2 Stephen of Tournai (Étienne de Tournai)
- 3 Guillaume Durand
- 4 Jacques de Revigny
- 5 Pierre de Belleperche
- 6 Charles Dumoulin
- 7 John Calvin
- 8 Jacques Cujas
- 9 François Hotman
- 10 Hugues Doneau
- 11 Jean Bodin
- 12 Jean Domat
- 13 Henri François d’Aguesseau
- 14 Robert-Joseph Pothier
- 15 Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis
- 16 Alexis de Tocqueville
- 17 Paul Viollet
- 18 Paul Fournier
- 19 Raymond Saleilles
- 20 Maurice Hauriou
- 21 Léon Duguit
- 22 Georges Ripert
- 23 Jacques Maritain
- 24 Robert Schuman
- 25 Gabriel Le Bras
- 26 Jean Carbonnier
- 27 Michel Villey
- Index
- References
23 - Jacques Maritain
(1882–1973)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 May 2019
Book contents
- Great Christian Jurists in French History
- Law and Christianity
- Great Christian Jurists in French History
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Ivo of Chartres (Yves de Chartres)
- 2 Stephen of Tournai (Étienne de Tournai)
- 3 Guillaume Durand
- 4 Jacques de Revigny
- 5 Pierre de Belleperche
- 6 Charles Dumoulin
- 7 John Calvin
- 8 Jacques Cujas
- 9 François Hotman
- 10 Hugues Doneau
- 11 Jean Bodin
- 12 Jean Domat
- 13 Henri François d’Aguesseau
- 14 Robert-Joseph Pothier
- 15 Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis
- 16 Alexis de Tocqueville
- 17 Paul Viollet
- 18 Paul Fournier
- 19 Raymond Saleilles
- 20 Maurice Hauriou
- 21 Léon Duguit
- 22 Georges Ripert
- 23 Jacques Maritain
- 24 Robert Schuman
- 25 Gabriel Le Bras
- 26 Jean Carbonnier
- 27 Michel Villey
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter identifies some of the major themes and contributions made by the French Catholic philosopher, Jacques Maritain (1882–1973), to the philosophy of law and to human rights. While Maritain’s views on law follow, in many respects, those of St Thomas Aquinas, they reflect Maritain’s distinctive personalist philosophy and his important distinction between the individual and the person. Maritain also provides an explicit critique and alternative to the dominant, primarily positivist views of his time. His arguments for human rights served to influence Catholic social teaching and played a role in the reception and, arguably, the development of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948. Even today, Maritain’s philosophy of law and political philosophy continue to be of interest to philosophers, historians, and jurists alike.
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- Great Christian Jurists in French History , pp. 387 - 403Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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