Research interests
Leibniz; early modern ethics and political philosophy; early modern natural philosophy

Selected bibliography concerning Natural law

‘Marquard Freher and the Presumption of Goodness in Legal Humanism’ in History of European Ideas 49 (2023), p. 491–505.

‘Pufendorf and Leibniz on Duties of Esteem in Diplomatic Relations’ in Journal of International Political Theory 18 (2022), p. 186–204.

‘Christoph Besold on Confederation Rights and Duties of Esteem in Diplomatic Relations’ Intellectual History Review 32 (2022), p. 51–70.

‘Wolff on Duties of Esteem in the Law of Peoples’ in European Journal of Philosophy 29 (2021), p. 475–486.

‘Value, Justice and Presumptions in the Late Scholastic Controversy over Price Regulation’ in Journal of the History of Ideas 80 (2019), p. 183–202.

‘Christian Wolff on Common Notions and Duties of Esteem’ in Journal of Early Modern Studies 8 (2019), p. 171–193.

‘Leibniz und Besold über Bündnisrecht und Naturrecht‘ [‘Leibniz and Besold on the Right of Confederation and Natural Law‘] in Leibniz und das Naturrecht, ed. Luca Basso in Studia Leibnitiana, Sonderheft 54 (Stuttgart: Steiner, 2019), p. 103–118.

‘Common Usage, Presumption and Verisimilitude in Sixteenth-Century Theories of Juridical Interpretation’ in History of European Ideas 43 (2017), p. 401–415.

‘Domingo de Soto on Doubts, Presumptions, and Noncomparative Justice’ in History of Philosophy Quarterly 32 (2015), p. 1–18.

‘Leibniz, Locke, and the Early Modern Controversy over Legal Maxims’ in History of European Ideas 41 (2015), p. 1080–1092.

‘Domingo de Soto on Justice to the Poor’ in Intellectual History Review 25 (2015), p. 133–146.

‘Leibniz and the Early Modern Controversy over the Right of International Mediation‘ in “Das Recht kann nicht ungerecht sein …” Beiträge zu Leibniz’ Philosophie der Gerechtigkeit, ed. Wenchao Li in Studia Leibnitiana, Sonderheft 44 (Stuttgart: Steiner, 2015), p. 117–135.

‘Johannes von Felden on Usucaption, Justice, and the Society of States’ in Journal of the History of Ideas 74 (2013), p. 403–423.

‘Aquinas and Soto on Derogatory Judgment and Noncomparative Justice’ in History of Philosophy Quarterly 29 (2012), p. 411–427.

‘Presumption, Torture, and the Controversy over Excepted Crimes, 1600–1632’ in Intellectual History Review 22 (2012), p. 131–145.

‘Leibniz on Usucaption, Presumption, and International Justice’ in Studia Leibnitiana 43 (2011), p. 70–86.

‘Leibniz and the Presumption of Justice’ in Studia Leibnitiana 38/39 (2006/2007), p. 201–210.

‘Leibniz on Justice as a Common Concept. A Rejoinder to Patrick Riley’ in Leibniz Review 16 (2006), p. 205–214.

‘Definitions, Sorites Arguments, and Leibniz’s Méditation sur la notion commune de la justice’ in Leibniz Review 14 (2004), p. 153–166.