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5 - Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Law Theories

from Part I - Foundations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2017

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Jonathan Crowe
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George Duke  and
Robert P. George
George Duke
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Deakin University, Victoria
Robert P. George
Affiliation:
Princeton University, New Jersey
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The Cambridge Companion to Natural Law Jurisprudence , pp. 103 - 130
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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