ABSTRACT
This audacious collection of modern writings on Plato and the Law argues that Plato's work offers insights for resolving modern jurisprudential problems. Plato's dialogues, in this modern interpretation, reveal that knowledge of the functions of law, based upon intelligible principles, can be reformulated for relevance to our age. Leading interpreters of Plato: Vlastos, Hall, Strauss, Weinrib, Annas, and Morrow, are included in the collection. The editor supplies an insightful introduction and extensive bibiography to the collection.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|68 pages
Overview of Plato's Political and Legal Thought
part II|52 pages
Plato in the Tradition of Legal and Political Thought
part III|24 pages
The Central Issue of Plato's Legal Philosophy
part IV|379 pages
Plato's Theory of Law in the Dialogues
part V|129 pages
New Directions for Platonic Thought in the Law