Grotius, De iure belli et pacis (1625).
Whewell"s edition with an abridged translation is convenient.
Pufendorf, De jure naturae et gentium (1672).
Kennet"s translation (1703) may be found in several editions.
Burlamaqui, Principes du droit naturel (1747).
Nugent"s translation is convenient.
Wolff, Inst.i.tutiones juris naturae et gentium (1750).
Rutherforth, Inst.i.tutes of Natural Law (1754-1756).
Vattel, Le droit des gens, Preliminaires (1758).
There are many translations of Vattel.
Rousseau, Contrat social (1762).
Tozer"s translation is convenient.
Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, Introduction, sect.
II (1765).
Reference may be made to Berolzheimer, System der Rechts- und Wirthschaftsphilosophie, II, ---- 25-27, 29 (World"s Legal Philosophies, 115-134, 141-156); Hinrichs, Geschichte der Rechts- und Staatsprincipien seit der Reformation, I, 60-274, II, III, 1-318; Korkunov, General Theory of Law, transl. by Hastings, -- 7; Charmont, La renaissance du droit naturel, 10-43.
Hobbes, Leviathan (1651).
Spinoza, Ethica (1674).
----, Tractatus theologico-politicas (1670).
Elwes" translation of the two last in Bohn"s Libraries must be used with caution.
Bentham, Principles of Morals and Legislation (1780).
A convenient reprint is published by the Clarendon Press.
----, Theory of Legislation. (Originally published in French, 1820).
Translated by Hildreth (1864), and in many editions.
Mill, On Liberty (1859).
Courtney"s edition (1892) is convenient.
Reference may be made to Duff, Spinoza"s Political and Ethical Philosophy; Berolzheimer, System der Rechts- und Wirthschaftsphilosophie, II, -- 28 (World"s Legal Philosophies, 134-141); Dicey, Law and Public Opinion in England, Lect. 6; Albee, History of English Utilitarianism; Stephen, The English Utilitarians; Solari, L"idea individuale e l"idea sociale nel diritto privato, ---- 31-36.
Kant, Metaphysische Anfangsgrunde der Rechtslehre (2 ed. 1798).
Translated by Hastie as "Kant"s Philosophy of Law" (1887).
Fichte, Grundlage des Naturrechts (1796, new ed. by Medicus, 1908).
Translated by Kroeger as "Fichte"s Science of Rights" (1889).
Hegel, Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts (1821), ed. by Gans (1840), new ed. by La.s.son (1911). Translated by Dyde as "Hegel"s Philosophy of Right" (1896). This translation must be used cautiously.
Krause, Abriss des Systemes der Philosophie des Rechtes (1828).
Ahrens, Cours de droit naturel (1837, 8 ed. 1892). Twenty-four editions in seven languages. The German 6th edition (Naturrecht, 1870-1871) contains important matter not in the French editions.
Green, Principles of Political Obligation. Lectures delivered in 1879-1880. Reprinted from his Complete Works (1911).
Lorimer, Inst.i.tutes of Law (2 ed. 1880).
La.s.son, Lehrbuch der Rechtsphilosophie (1882).
Miller, Lectures on the Philosophy of Law (1884).
Boistel, Cours de philosophie du droit (1870, new ed. 1899).
Herkless, Lectures on Jurisprudence (1901).
Brown, The Underlying Principles of Modern Legislation (1912).
Mention may be made of Beaussire, Les principes du droit (1888); Beudant, Le droit individuel et l"etat (1891); Carle, La vita del diritto (2 ed. 1890); Dahn, Rechtsphilosophische Studien (1883); Giner y Calderon, Filosofia del derecho (1898); Harms, Begriff, Formen und Grundlegung der Rechtsphilosophie (1889); Hennebicq, Philosophie de droit et droit naturel (1897); Herbart, a.n.a.lytische Beleuchtung des Naturrechts und der Moral (1836); Jouffroy, Cours de droit naturel (5 ed. 1876); Kirchmann, Grundbegriffe des Rechts und der Moral (2 ed. 1873); Krause, Das System der Rechtsphilosophie (posthumous, ed. by Roder, 1874); Miraglia, Filosofia del diritto (3 ed. 1903, transl. in Modern Legal Philosophy Series, 1912); Roder, Grundzuge des Naturrechts oder der Rechtsphilosophie (2 ed. 1860); Rosmini, Filosofia del diritto (2 ed. 1865); Rothe, Traite de droit naturel, theorique et applique (1884); Schuppe, Grundzuge der Ethik und Rechtsphilosophie (1881); Stahl, Philosophie des Rechts (5 ed. 1878); Tissot, Introduction historique et philosophique a l"etude du droit (1875); Trendelenburg, Naturrecht auf dem Grunde der Ethik (1868); Vareilles-Sommieres, Les principes fondamentaux du droit (1889); Wallaschek, Studien zur Rechtsphilosophie (1889).
Reference may be made to Gray, Nature and Sources of the Law, ---- 7-9; Bryce, Studies in History and Jurisprudence, Essay 12; Pollock, Essays in Jurisprudence and Ethics, 1-30; Korkunov, General Theory of Law, translated by Hastings, -- 4; Bergbohm, Jurisprudenz und Rechtsphilosophie, ---- 6-15; Pound, The Scope and Purpose of Sociological Jurisprudence, 24 Harvard Law Rev., 501; Pound, the Philosophy of Law in America, Archiv fur Rechts- und Wirthschaftsphilosophie, VII, 213, 285.
Jhering, Der Zweck im Recht (1877-1883, 4 ed. 1904). The first volume is translated by Husik under the t.i.tle "Law as a Means to an End"
(1913).
Jhering, Scherz und Ernst in die Jurisprudenz (1884, 9 ed. 1904).
Reference may be made to the appendices to Jhering, Law as a Means to an End, transl. by Husik; Berolzheimer, System der Rechts- und Wirthschaftsphilosophie, II, -- 43 (World"s Legal Philosophies, 327-351); Korkunov, General Theory of Law, translated by Hastings, ---- 13-14; Tanon, L"evolution du droit et la conscience sociale (3 ed. 1911), pt. I, ch. 3.
Stammler, Ueber die Methode der geschichtlichen Rechtstheorie (1888).
----, Wirthschaft und Recht (1896, 2 ed. 1905).
----, Die Gesetzma.s.sigkeit in Rechtsordnung und Volkswirthschaft (1902).
----, Lehre von dem rechtigen Rechte (1902).
----, Systematische Theorie der Rechtswissenschaft (1911).
----, Rechts- und Staatstheorien der Neuzeit (1917).
Del Vecchio, The Formal Bases of Law, translated by Lisle (1914).