Includes bibliographical references and index.

History, casuistry and custom in the legal thought of Francisco Suárez : an Introduction / Dominique Bauer -- Between Aristotle and Scotus : Suárez on the duty to punish / Daniel Schwartz -- Francisco Suárez als rechtsberater : einige reflexionen über die wahrscheinlichkeit und den probabilismus im recht / João Manuel A. Alexandrino Fernandes -- The pragmatic Suárez : private law in the work of the Doctor Eximius / Luisa Brunori and Wim Decock -- Free will and dominium in Suárez / Bart Wauters -- La relation entre morale et droit dans la théorie Suarézienne du droit des gens / Gaëlle Demelemestre -- Suárez : d'un droit avant le droit au devenir juridique de l'humanité / Jean-Paul Coujou -- History and the auto-referentiality of law in the seventh book of Francisco Suárez's De legibus, de lege non scripta / Dominique Bauer -- The equilibrium between intellectus and voluntas : The definition of law by Francisco Suárez / Cintia Faraco.

The thought and work of the Jesuit Francisco Suárez (1548-1617) is widely acknowledged as the culmination point of the contribution of the theologians and jurists of the so-called School of Salamanca to the development of modern Western law. This collection of studies on the legal work of Suárez explores some of his major forays into the law. Both his theoretical system-building as well as his interventions in practical questions are covered. Next to discussions on the nature of law and its different categorisations, they extend to various subbranches of the law including family law, property law, the law of obligations, criminal law and international law. Contributors are: Dominique Bauer, Daniel Schwartz, João Manuel Azevedo Alexandrino Fernandes, Lisa Brunori, Wim Decock, Bart Wauters, Gaëlle Demelemestre, Jean-Paul Coujou, and Cintia Faraco.

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