From the Virtue of Justice to the Concept of legal System: on the legal/philosophical Meaning of "Suum cuique tribuere" in Hobbes and Kant Cover Image

Od vrline pravednosti do pojma pravnog poretka: o pravnofilozofskom značenju suum cuique tribuere kod Hobbesa i Kanta
From the Virtue of Justice to the Concept of legal System: on the legal/philosophical Meaning of "Suum cuique tribuere" in Hobbes and Kant

Author(s): Dieter Hüning
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Fakultet političkih znanosti u Zagrebu

Summary/Abstract: The author distinguishes between the antiquity’s and Middle Ages’ teachings on natural law and justice as a virtue and the modern-age Hobbes’ theory of the prerequisites of the legal system. Hobbes’ theory identifies the prerequisites of the legal system and describes the institution of legal constraint which guarantees the rule of law. The author points to the central historical difference between these paradigms. Finally, the author traces the evolution of Hobbes’ paradigm in Kant’s philosophy of right.

  • Issue Year: XXXV/1998
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 256-277
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Croatian