Contents:
Part I: Hobbes's Legal Theory:
1. Hobbes on law, M.M. Goldsmith;
2. Was Hobbes a legal positivist?, Mark C. Murphy;
3. Thomas Hobbes and the contractarian theory of law, David Gauthier;
4. Hobbes and the legitimacy of law, David Dyenhaus;
5. In defense of a Hobbesian conception of law, Robert Ladenson.
Part II: Hobbes on Natural Law and Natural Right:
6. Hobbes and the laws of nature, David Gauthier;
7. Hobbes' self-effacing natural law theory, S.A. Lloyd;
8. The right of nature in The Leviathan, D.J.C. Carmichael;
9. Right reason and natural law in Hobbes's ethics, Gregory S. Kavka.
Part III: Hobbes on Equity:
10. Hobbes on equity and justice, Larry May;
11. Justice and equity: an inquiry into the meaning and role of equity in the Hobbesian account of justice and politics, William Mathie.
Part IV: Hobbes on Contract:
12. The legal origins of Thomas Hobbes's doctrine of contract, Robinson A. Grover;
13. Analyzing Hobbes's contract, M.T. Dalgarno;
14. Hobbes's contract theory, Larry May;
Part V: Hobbes on Punishment and Compensation:
15. Hobbes's theory of punishment, Mario A. Cattaneo;
16. Hobbes on capital punishment, David Heyd;
17. Hobbes, formalism and corrective justice, Anita L. Allen and Maria H. Morales.
Part VI: Hobbes on Self -Defense, Revolution and the Duty to Obey the Law:
18. Hobbes on fidelity to law, Larry May;
19. A puzzle about Hobbes on self-defense, Claire Finkelstein;
20. Subjects and soldiers: Hobbes on military service, Deborah Baumgold;
21. Hobbes on conscientious disobedience, Mark C. Murphy;
22. Democracy and the rule of law, Jean Hampton;
23. Hobbes, Locke, and the problem of the rule of law, Michael P. Zuckert.
Part VII: Hobbes on International Law:
24. Hobbes and the international anarchy, Hedley Bull;
25. Hobbes and the concept of international law, Robinson A. Grover;
26. Hobbes on international relations, Tommy L. Lott;
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