Political Thought in Sixteenth-Century Spain: A study of the political ideas of Vitoria, De Soto, Suárez, and Molina

Contents Acknowledgements Introduction (1) 1. Their natural-law theory and its implications (11) 2. The political community and its laws (30) 3. The position of the ruler (59) 4. Church and State (69) 5. The jus gentium or law of nations (98) 6. Colonization and the New World (110) 7. War and the law of war (135) Conclusion (158) Short biographies (171) 1. Francisco de Vitoria (171) 2. Domingo de Soto (176) 3. Luis de Molina (180) 4. Francisco Suárez (184) Bibliography (189) Index (195)