This volume collects studies into the legal thought of Francisco Suárez. Both his theoretical system-building as well as his interventions in practical questio

"The thought and work of the Jesuit Francisco Suárez (1548-1617) is widely acknowledged as the culmination point of the contribution of the theologians and jur

A fresh look at the importance of natural and international law in the religious politics at the heartlands of the Reformation, from the Low Countries, the Germ

"Often considered a secularizing force in the rise of the nation state, natural law was called upon in the defence of the early-modern confessional states. The