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Natural Law Institute Proceedings, 1951, Vol. 5, Edward F. Barrett, John J. Cavanaugh C.S.C., J. Francis A. Mcintyre, Solomon Freehof, Khalifa Abdul Hakim, M. S. Sundaram, Daisetz T. Suzuki, Hu Shih, George E. Sokolsky, Theodore M. Hesburgh C.S.C. Jan 1953

Natural Law Institute Proceedings, 1951, Vol. 5, Edward F. Barrett, John J. Cavanaugh C.S.C., J. Francis A. Mcintyre, Solomon Freehof, Khalifa Abdul Hakim, M. S. Sundaram, Daisetz T. Suzuki, Hu Shih, George E. Sokolsky, Theodore M. Hesburgh C.S.C.

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Natural Law Institute Proceedings, 1950, Vol. 4, Edward F. Barrett, John J. Cavanaugh C.S.C., George E. Sokolsky, Thomas J. Brogan, Joseph C. Hutcheson Jr., Felix Morely, John C. Ford S.J. Jan 1951

Natural Law Institute Proceedings, 1950, Vol. 4, Edward F. Barrett, John J. Cavanaugh C.S.C., George E. Sokolsky, Thomas J. Brogan, Joseph C. Hutcheson Jr., Felix Morely, John C. Ford S.J.

Natural Law Institute Proceedings

From the Introduction

The papers read at the 1950 Convocation of the Institute and reprinted in this volume were concerned with certain "rights" which we Americans call "fundamental:"

  • the right to liberty
  • the right to property
  • the right to freedom of expression
  • the right to pursue happiness

Does the Natural Law as the source of human rights offer a true and solid explanation of what men really mean when they call such rights "fundamental"? This was the central theme of the 1950 sessions.


Natural Law Institute Proceedings, 1949, Vol. 3, John J. Cavanaugh C.S.C., Pope Pius Xii, Edward F. Barrett, Richard O'Sullivan, Edward S. Corwin, Stephan Kuttner, Carlos P. Romulo Jan 1950

Natural Law Institute Proceedings, 1949, Vol. 3, John J. Cavanaugh C.S.C., Pope Pius Xii, Edward F. Barrett, Richard O'Sullivan, Edward S. Corwin, Stephan Kuttner, Carlos P. Romulo

Natural Law Institute Proceedings

From the Foreword

The papers presented during the 1949 sessions of the Third Natural Law Institute of the University of Notre Dame and reprinted in this volume have brilliantly maintained the high standards of exacting scholarship set by the preceding sessions of 1947 and 1948. They deal with the impact of the Natural Law on four great bodies of positive law.

  • Common Law
  • Canon Law
  • Constitutional Law
  • International Law


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. Jan 1949

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 Jan 1949

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 …