The Formal Bases of Law.
Del Vecchio, Giorgio [1878-1970]. The Formal Bases of Law. Boston: The Boston Book Company, 1914. Reprint. Legal Classics Library, 2001. lvii, 412, [2] pp. Full calf, decorative gilt, raised bands, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Bookplate of front pastedown, else very good. $45. * From the Modern Legal Philosophy Series: Vol. X. Comprises three works published originally in Italian: The Philosophical Presuppositions of the Idea of Law (1905), The Concept of Law (1906), and The Concept of of Nature and the Principle of Law (1908). With him, writes Sir John Macdonell in the Introduction, "philosophy is not the art of making commonplaces obscure." Rather, Del Vecchio surpasses even Montesquieu in his comprehension of the spirit of the law and desire to "find the roots of law in human nature and not merely in external facts and the social 'milieu.'"
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