St. Aquinas presents a philosophical analysis of the nature and structure of law.
Notes on Style
Preface
Introduction
Background for St. Thomas's Treatise on Law
Introduction to St. Thomas
St. Thomas Aquinas
St. Thomas and Jurisprudence
p. 5
On Reading St. Thomas
p. 8
The Structure of the Summa Theologiae
p. 11
Scholasticism
p. 14
St. Thomas's Approach to the Study of Law
p. 17
The Nature of Definition and the Art of Defining
p. 20
Introduction
p. 20
The Nature of Definition
p. 21
Types of Definition
p. 22
The Ambiguity of Words
p. 26
The Central Case
p. 31
A Further Note on the Ambiguity of Words
p. 33
On Analyzing and Evaluating a Definition of "Law"
p. 34
General Doctrinal Background for the Treatise
p. 38
Introduction
p. 38
The Doctrine of the Four Causes
p. 40
St. Thomas's World View
p. 45
"Nature" and "Essence"
p. 48
Human Nature
p. 54
The Nature of Human Acts
p. 57
"Rule and Measure"
p. 59
Habit
p. 60
The Speculative Intellect, the Practical Intellect, and Right Reason
p. 62
Voluntarism vs. Practical Reasonableness
p. 65
The Virtues
p. 66
Happiness: The Last End of Man
p. 76
The Common Good
p. 79
Obligation
p. 81
A Synopsis of St. Thomas's Doctrine of Natural Law
p. 85
St. Thomas's Sources and His Use of Them
p. 94
The Use of Auctoritates
p. 94
The Auctores Quoted in the Treatise
p. 103
St. Thomas Aquinas: The Treatise on Law [Being Summa Theologiae, I-II, QQ. 90 Through 97]
Question 90: De Essentia Legis
p. 118
Article 1
p. 118
Article 2
p. 127
Article 3
p. 135
Article 4
p. 140
Question 91: De Legum Diversitate
p. 148
Article 1
p. 150
Article 2
p. 155
Article 3
p. 160
Article 4
p. 166
Article 5
p. 172
Article 6
p. 178
Question 92: De Effectibus Legis
p. 185
Article 1
p. 185
Article 2
p. 192
Question 93: De Lege Aeterna
p. 199
Article 1
p. 199
Article 2
p. 206
Article 3
p. 210
Article 4
p. 215
Article 5
p. 222
Article 6
p. 227
Question 94: De Lege Naturali
p. 235
Article 1
p. 235
Article 2
p. 241
Article 3
p. 251
Article 4
p. 256
Article 5
p. 264
Article 6
p. 270
Question 95: De Lege Humana Secundum Se
p. 276
Article 1
p. 276
Article 2
p. 283
Article 3
p. 289
Article 4
p. 296
Question 96: De Potestate Legis Humanae
p. 305
Article 1
p. 305
Article 2
p. 311
Article 3
p. 316
Article 4
p. 321
Article 5
p. 329
Article 6
p. 336
Question 97: De Mutatione Legum
p. 342
Article 1
p. 343
Article 2
p. 348
Article 3
p. 353
Article 4
p. 360
About the Translator
p. 367
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