Titles by Johann Gottlieb Heineccius

1681 – 1741

Johann Gottlieb Heineccius (1681–1741) studied theology at Leipzig and later law at the newly founded (1694) University at Halle, where he became a pupil of Christian Thomasius. He became known for his textbooks on Roman Law and for his lectures on natural law.

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A Methodical System of Universal Law: Or, the Laws of Nature and Nations

Johann Gottlieb Heineccius

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From the earliest written legal codes to the beginnings of modern constitutionalism, the history of law is the story of our working out how personal liberties interact with responsibilities to others.