Abstract
Abstract The Elementa Iuris Naturae of G. Achenwall have been one of the most common and most successful textbooks of natural law at German universities in the 18th century, notwithstanding its lack of originality concerning the foundation of natural law. On the contrary, the foundation given represents something like the (at that time) prevailing doctrine striving to base natural law on human nature as it is empirically conceived. The paper discusses Achenwall's use of this method and shows its considerable difficulties.
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