The constitutional state in the political philosophy of Johannes Althusius

European Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 123-132

  Woldring, Henk E S ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calvinism; Constitutional state; Corporative state; Federative state; Fran ois Hotman; Jean Bodin; Jean Jacques Rousseau; Johannes Althusius; John Calvin; Natural law; Political economy; Political philosophy; Private associations; Sovereignty of the people

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749107929     PISSN: 09291261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008654000170     Document Type: Article

References (15)

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3. An abridged English translation of the third edition was published as: The Politics of Johannes Althusius (1964), ed. by Frederick S. Carney London: Eyre and Spottiswoode.
4. A reprint of this abridged edition was published as: Politica (1995), ed. by Frederick S. Carney. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund. In this article I refer to this last edition.
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8. In this connection is very illuminating Reibstein, Ernst. (1955) Johannes Althusius als Fortsetzer der Schule von Salamanca. Untersuchungen zur Ideengeschichte des Rechtsstaates und zur altprotestantischen Naturrechtslehre. Karlsruhe: Müller.
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