The Idea of Natural Rights, Natural Law and Church Law, 1150-1625

"...a compelling historical account of natural rights...That Tierney brings to his historical task a thorough acquaintance with major contemporary theories of moral and legal rights gives his work additional value for ethicists." - Religious Studies Review "...a tour de force of integration and learning...It is a synthesis that will become the required starting point in all future efforts to write about the history of rights." - Studia canonica