Contract Theory in Historical Context
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| Author | : Deborah Baumgold |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 209 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9789004184251 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9004184252 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (51 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Contract Theory in Historical Context by : Deborah Baumgold
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.
