Das Gewissen in Den Rechtslehren Der Protestantischen Und Katholischen Reformationen / The Conscience in the Legal Teachings of the Protestant and Catholic Reformations

The essays in this volume investigate the role of religious reform movements since the 16th century in the transformation of the Western legal tradition. They focus on a particular topic: how jurisprudence had to deal with the reference to conscience, which was virulent for all confessional positions.

Research on the teachings of Lutheran, Calvinist, and Roman Catholic theologians and jurists from the 16th up to the early 18th century, most often examined separately, is brought togeth…