Materias: “…Althusius, Johannes. Politica methodice digesta Crítica i interpretació…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Karl Barth and the displacement of natural law in contemporary Protestant theology -- Development of the natural-law tradition through the high Middle Ages -- John Calvin and the natural knowledge of God the Creator -- Peter Martyr Vermigli and the natural knowledge of God the Creator -- Natural law in the thought of Johannes Althusius -- Francis Turretin and the natural knowledge of God the Creator…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- Francisco de Vitoria and the Global Commonwealth / Andreas Wagner -- Francisco Suárez on the Law of Nations and Just War / Henrik Lagerlund -- Alberico Gentili and the Secularization of the Law of Nations / Rafael Domingo and Giovanni Minnucci -- Johannes Althusius and the Universal Rule of Natural Laws and Rights / John Witte, Jr. -- Hugo Grotius and the Making of Modern Natural Law / Jon Miller -- Kant's Religion and Perpetual Peace / Lawrence Pasternack -- Jacques Maritain and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights / William Sweet -- Robert Schuman and the Process of European Integration / Rafael Domingo -- Christianity and the Global Rule of Law / Neil Walker -- Christianity and the Principle of Dignity / Martin Schlag -- Christianity and the Principle of Equality in Global Law / Julian Rivers -- Christianity and the Principle of the Common Good / George Duke -- Christianity, Sovereignty, and Global Law / Nicholas Aroney -- Christianity and the Principle of Solidarity / Ana Marta González -- Christianity and the Principle of Subsidiarity / Thomas C. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Niccolò Machiavelli's international legal thought : culture, contingency, and construction / Francisco de Vitoria : a redesign of global order on the threshold of Middle Ages to modern times / Francisco Suárez S.J. on the end of peaceful order among states and systematic doctrinal scholarship / Jean Bodin on international law / Alberico Gentili : sovereignity, natural law, and the system of Roman civil law / Althusius : back to the future / Hugo Grotius : on the conquest of utopia by systematic reasoning / Orders in disorder : the question of an international state of nature in Hobbes and Rousseau / The international legal argument in Spinoza / States, as ethico-political subjects of international law : the relationship between theory and practice in the international politics of Samuel Pufendorf / Christian Wolff : system as an episdoe? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “….- El diagnóstico de Althusius acerca de la naturaleza y de los signos del adulador; 19.- La antipaideia de Platón y la crítica de Debra Nails a Werner Jaeger; Referencias bibliográficas; 20.- El sueño de Atenas; 21.- Mi camino a Mayo del 68…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…La reforma protestanteMartín Lutero; El mensaje de Lutero; El luteranismo; Juan Calvino; Zwinglio y Calvino; La obediencia pasiva; Las controversias sobre la monarquía absoluta; Las teorías antimonárquicas; El Calvinismo francés y los Monarcómanos; La reacción del catolicismo; Los Jesuitas y la contrarreforma; El padre Mariana; Las grandes doctrinas de las postrimerías de siglo XVI; Jean Bodin; La soberanía; Las condiciones históricas; Gobierno y Estado; Aspectos adicionales; Johannes Althusius; La teoría del contrato social; El Estado; Debilidades de la doctrina; Francisco Suárez…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 5: Concept of Sovereignty in Political Theory -- Introduction to the Concept of Sovereignty -- Historical Perspective on the Concept of Sovereignty -- Rationalization of Natural Law and the Concept of Sovereignty -- Jean Bodin -- Johannes Althusius -- Hugo Grotius -- Contractualists and the Concept of Sovereignty -- Thomas Hobbes -- John Locke -- Jean Jacques Rousseau -- Legalists and the Concept of Sovereignty -- Jeremy Bentham -- John Austin and the Monist Theory of Sovereignty -- Critical evaluation of Monist theory -- Characteristics of Sovereignty -- Absoluteness or Illimitability of Sovereignty -- Indivisibility of Sovereignty -- Inalienability of Sovereignty -- Permanence or Perpetuity of Sovereignty -- Universality or All-Comprehensiveness of Sovereignty -- Aspects or Types of Sovereignty -- Titular Sovereignty -- Legal Sovereignty -- Political Sovereignty -- Popular Sovereignty -- National Sovereignty -- De Jure and De Facto Sovereignty -- Internal versus External Sovereignty -- 'Instituted Sovereignty' versus 'Acquired Sovereignty' -- Sovereignty and the Indian Constitution -- Review Questions -- Endnotes -- Chapter 6: Concept of Sovereignty Challenged -- Critics of Sovereignty -- Political Pluralism and Pluralist Critiques of Sovereignty -- A Brief Introduction to Political Pluralism -- Sovereignty, Power and Authority -- Possible Reasons for Emergence of Doctrine of Political Pluralism -- Features of Political Pluralism and Its Underlying Principles -- Doctrine of real or juristic/corporate personality of groups -- Society not the state as the source of law -- Characteristic of the State: Not power or sovereignty but the purpose or end it serves -- State as coordinator of interests in society -- Prominence to political federalism and decentralization of authority -- International law and internationalism limits sovereignty…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Ideas políticas de Jean Bodin -- 8.2. Johannes Althusius (Altucio) -- 8.3. Hugo Grocio -- 8.4. Baruch Spinoza -- 8.5. …”