Against the twentieth-century 'Hobbesian anarchy', Before Anarchy reconsiders the originality and reception of Hobbes's interpersonal and international state of

Samuel Pufendorf (1632-1694) is regarded as one of the eminent thinkers of the early-modern era, critical in the shaping of the period's natural jurisprudence.

"The study of natural law and the law of nations in the early-modern period has expanded remarkably during the last decades. This has partly been inspired by co

A Latin treatise on the nature of civil society and the duties of citizens, authored by Samuel Pufendorf and edited by Joannes Franciscus Buddeus. This work has

A new history of the idea of the modern state and its 'personality', showing the centrality of Pufendorf to its development and propagation.