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institutes of divine jurisprudence natur al law and enlightenment classics Knud Haakonssen General Editor uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu natur al law and enlightenment classics Institutes of Divine Jurisprudence With Selections from Foundations of the Law of Nature and Nations Christian Thomasius Edited, Translated, and with an Introduction by Thomas Ahnert libert y fund Indianapolis This book is published by Liberty Fund, Inc., a foundation established to encourage study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals. The cuneiform inscription that serves as our logo and as the design motif for our endpapers is the earliest-known written appearance of the word “freedom” (amagi ), or “liberty.” It is taken from a clay document written about 2300 b.c. in the Sumerian city-state of Lagash.© 2011 by Liberty Fund, Inc. All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Frontispiece: Portrait of Christian Thomasius by Johann Christian Heinrich Sporleder (1754), oil. Reproduced courtesy of Bildarchiv der Zentralen Kustodie der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg. c 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 p 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Thomasius, Christian, 1655–1728: [Institutiones jurisprudentiae divinae & Fundamenta juris naturae et gentium. English] Institutes of divine jurisprudence with selections from foundations of the law of nature and nations/Christian Thomasius: edited, translated, and with an introduction by Thomas Ahnert. p. cm.—(Natural law and enlightenment classics) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-86597-518-7 (hc: alk. paper) isbn 978-0-86597-519-4 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Law—Philosophy. 2. Natural law—Early works to 1800. 3. Religion and law. I. Ahnert, Thomas. II. Thomasius, Christian, 1655–1728. Fundamenta juris naturae et gentium. III. Title. kz2344.a31567 2011 340′.112—dc22 2011013180 liberty fund, inc. 8335 Allison Pointe Trail, Suite 300 Indianapolis, Indiana 46250-1684 ...