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Natural Law Institute Proceedings, 1947, Vol. 1, Alfred L. Scanlan, John F. O'Hara C.S.C., John J. Cavanaugh C.S.C., Clarence E. Manion, Ben W. Palmer, Mortimer Adler, Harold R. Mckinnon, W. J. Doheny C.S.C.

Natural Law Institute Proceedings

From the Foreword

The following pages contain the lectures delivered at The First Natural Law Institute which convened at the College of Law of the University of Notre Dame on December 12th and 13th, 1947.

This meeting was probably the first gathering in modem times by members of the legal profession for the primary purpose of considering the natural law.

Participating in the First Natural Law Institute were

• Clarence E. Manion, Dean of the College of Law
• Reverend William J. Doheny, C.S.C., of the College of Law, former Procurator and Advocate of the Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and of …

Natural Law Institute Proceedings, 1948, Vol. 2, Alfred L. Scanlan, Paul C. Schulte D.D., John J. Cavanaugh C.S.C., Maurice Lebel, Ernst Levy, Gordon Hall Gerould, Heinrich A. Rommen, Robert N. Wilkin

Natural Law Institute Proceedings

From the Foreword

This volume contains the impressive record of the proceedings of the Second Annual Natural Law Institute held at the University of Notre Dame on December 10th and 11th, 1948.

This second Institute emphasizes the historical roots of natural law theory in five distinct eras of world history. Five accomplished and scholarly lectures graced the proceedings.

• Professor Maurice Lebel, of Laval University, Quebec, gave the introductory lecture on Natural Law in the Greek Period.
• Professor Ernst Levy, distinguished teacher of legal history at the University of Washington Law School, presented a profound and scholarly dissertation on Natural Law …