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The theory of a state of nature, with the rights therein implied, is the contribution, through Stoicism, of the Roman lawyers, and the great medieval contrast to Aristotle's experimentalism.
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Harold J. Laski
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Laski discusses the origins of the state of nature theory and its historical significance in legal thought.
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