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A Christian science : searching for the common good and the public good -- Hobbes's doctrine of necessity -- Necessities, natural rights and sovereignty in Leviathan -- Reformers on the necessary knowledge -- Necessity, free will and conscience : Robert Sanderson -- The grand business of nature -- Robert Boyle, the empire over nature -- Locke's early writings -- Medicine, oeconomy and needs -- Money and the doctrine of necessities -- The scientification of money -- The doctrine of necessities and the (public) good -- Conclusions.

To understand our current world crises, it is essential to study the origins of the systems and institutions we now take for granted. This book takes a novel approach to charting intellectual, scientific and philosophical histories alongside the development of the international legal order by studying the philosophy and theology of the Scientific Revolution and its impact on European natural law, political liberalism and political economy. Starting from analysis of the work of Thomas Hobbes, Robert Boyle and John Locke on natural law, the author incorporates a holistic approach that encompasses global legal matters beyond the foundational matters of treaties and diplomacy. The monograph promotes a sustainable transformation of international law in the context of related philosophy, history and theology. Tackling issues such as nature, money, necessities, human nature, secularism and epistemology, which underlie natural lawyers' thinking, Associate Professor García-Salmones explains their enduring relevance for international legal studies today.