Author: Adam Smith
Publisher: VM eBooks
Published: 2016-11-11
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Personal rights are such as can be claimed by a law-suit from a particular person, but not a quocumque possessore. Such are all debts and contracts, the payment or performance of which can be demanded only from one person. If I buy a horse and have him delivered to me, though the former owner sell him to another, I can claim him a quocumque possessore; but if he was not delivered to me I can only pursue the seller. Real rights are of four kinds, property, servitudes, pledges, and exclusive privileges.
Author: Ryan Patrick Hanley
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2016-01-12
Total Pages: 600
ISBN-13: 1400873487
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Adam Smith (1723–90) is perhaps best known as one of the first champions of the free market and is widely regarded as the founding father of capitalism. From his ideas about the promise and pitfalls of globalization to his steadfast belief in the preservation of human dignity, his work is as relevant today as it was in the eighteenth century. Here, Ryan Hanley brings together some of the world's finest scholars from across a variety of disciplines to offer new perspectives on Smith’s life, thought, and enduring legacy. Contributors provide succinct and accessible discussions of Smith’s landmark works and the historical context in which he wrote them, the core concepts of Smith’s social vision, and the lasting impact of Smith’s ideas in both academia and the broader world. They reveal other sides of Smith beyond the familiar portrayal of him as the author of the invisible hand, emphasizing his deep interests in such fields as rhetoric, ethics, and jurisprudence. Smith emerges not just as a champion of free markets but also as a thinker whose unique perspective encompasses broader commitments to virtue, justice, equality, and freedom. An essential introduction to Adam Smith’s life and work, this incisive and thought-provoking book features contributions from leading figures such as Nicholas Phillipson, Amartya Sen, and John C. Bogle. It demonstrates how Smith’s timeless insights speak to contemporary concerns such as growth in the developing world and the future of free trade, and how his influence extends to fields ranging from literature and philosophy to religion and law.
Author: N. K. Jayakumar
Publisher:
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9788180381300
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Robin Paul Malloy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2021-11-18
Total Pages: 205
ISBN-13: 1108874606
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A contemporary interpretation of Adam Smith's work on jurisprudence, revealing Smith's belief that progress emerges from cooperation and a commitment to justice. In Smith's theory, the tension between self–interest and the interests of others is mediated by law, so that the common interest of the community can be promoted. Moreover, Smith informs us that successful societies do at least three things well. They promote the common interest, advance justice through the rule of law, and they facilitate our natural desire to truck, barter, and exchange. In this process, law functions as an invisible force that holds society together and keeps it operating smoothly and productively. Law enhances social cooperation, facilitates trade, and extends the market. In these ways, law functions like Adam Smith's invisible hand, guiding and facilitating the progress of humankind.
Author: James Penner
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012-08-30
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 0199584346
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This textbook provides an introduction to and analysis of the major theories and controversies of jurisprudence. Starting with an overview of the nature of jurisprudence, then moving on to examine the theories and main protagonists in more detail, it is an ideal text for undergraduate students studying the subject for the first time.
Author: Knud Haakonssen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1989-07-28
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780521376259
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A first comprehensive account of Adam Smith's jurisprudence demonstrates how his ideas developed out of, and in response to, Hume's theory of justice and includes the social and political thought expounded in his major writings.