The ‘Iura Connata’ in the Natural Law of Christian Wolff
The ‘Iura Connata’ in the Natural Law of Christian Wolff
Whether Christian Wolff’s concept of innate rights is a substantial contribution to the development of the concept of human rights or not has been a major concern of recent literature. This chapter explores the role of Christian Wolff’s conception of iuraconnata or innate rights as possible foundations for the modern doctrine of human rights, imbuing natural law with a degree of transhistoricality and engaging with Knud Haakonssen’s rather different treatment of Wolff’s natural rights as alienable.
Keywords: Natural law, Christian Wolff, Natural rights, Innate rights
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