Matthew hale on the law of nature reason and common law selected jurisprudential writings edited by gerald j postema the key works of a great early modern legal political moral theorist gathered in a single volume for the first time. On the law of nature reason and common law selected jurisprudential writings matthew hale gerald j postema on amazoncom free shipping on qualifying offers lawyer judge public figure historian theologian and amateur natural philosopher sir matthew hale worked and wrote in the middle decades of the seventeenth century. Lawyer judge public figure historian theologian and amateur natural philosopher sir matthew hale worked and wrote in the middle decades of the seventeenth century perhaps the most turbulent period of english political history his reflections on reason law and political authority unpublished in his lifetime are collected in this volume. On the law of nature reason and common law selected jurisprudential writings matthew hale gerald j postema home worldcat home about worldcat help search search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library schemaalternatename matthew hale on the law of nature . Today ill point out another new work on seventeenth century england an edition of matthew hales writings edited by university of north carolina professor gerald postema selected jurisprudential writings oxford heres a description of the book from the publishers website