Recommended by Noah Feldman, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law; Director, Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law
This book has everything in it: religion, philosophy, a theory of human nature, government, even international affairs. It helped set the stage for the modern world. And yet some of its teachings have been forgotten, especially the lesson that without order, law and liberty are impossible. If we read “Leviathan” more closely, we would think long and hard before using force to change regimes.