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Althusius, Johannes
Born 1557 in Diedenshausen; died Aug. 12, 1638, in Emden. German jurist and theorist of law. Althusius was an ardent Calvinist. In his main work, Politica . . . (1603), Althusius was an early representative of the bourgeois theory of natural law, which he based on the principles of Calvinist theology. Althusius developed the idea of popular sovereignty and argued that the people have the right to overthrow and execute tyrannical rulers (in this respect he was close to the monarchomachs). The work of Althusius was essentially a theoretical justification of the republican system in the northern Netherlands. WORKSPolitica methodice digesta et exemplis sacris et profanis illustrata. Cambridge, 1932.REFERENCESKovalevskii, M. Ot priamogo narodopravstva k predstavitel’nomu . . ., vol. 2. Moscow, 1906.Gierke, O. Johannes Althusius .... 5th ed. Meisenheim am Glan, 1958. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | Contributors in political science, philosophy, law, and economics in the UK and US focus on decision making and the problem of rationality, examining it in connection to separatism and social philosophy, the limitation of rationality, law as decision making, judicial decisions, and historical reflections on the work of those such as Machiavelli, Althusius, and Burke. The last part of the book offers a synthetic narrative that summarizes the author's more detailed study of primary sources--by John Calvin, Peter Martyr Vermigli, Jerome Zanchi, Johannes Althusius, and Francis Turretin--presented in the preceding chapters. FACT FILE The German political theorist Johannes Althusius (1557-1638) is given credit as the father of modern federalism. |
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