Hendrik Jan van Eikema Hommes (May 3, 1930, IJlst – September 3, 1984, Bussum) was a noted Dutch legal scholar and successor to Herman Dooyeweerd in the post of philosopher and judicial scholar at Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands.[1][2]
Van Eikema Hommes wrote an Introduction to the Philosophy of Dooyeweerd, along with numerous legal studies. He was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1983.[3]
Academic works
- Major trends in the history of legal philosophy. Amsterdam: North Holland, 1979.
- "Freedom and equality in constitutional and civil law." In: Equality and Freedom: International and Comparative Jurisprudence. Papers of the World Congress on Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy. St Louis, 1975. Vol. III, 1977, pp. 1085–1094.
- "Some remarks on the relation between law and logic". Logical Analysis. 14: 165–169. 1971.
- "Review: Wijsbegeerte en Vakwetenskap by D. F. M. Strauss". Philosophia Reformata. 37 (3/4): 194–196. 1972. doi:10.1163/22116117-90001243.
- Van Eikema Hommes, H. J. (1974). "The Functions of Law and the Role of Legal Principles". Philosophia Reformata. 39 (1/2): 77–81. doi:10.1163/22116117-90001265.
- Van Eikema Hommes, H. J. (1976). "The Limits of the Legal Competence of the State". Philosophia Reformata. 41 (1/2): 9–23. doi:10.1163/22116117-90001278.
- Van Eikema Hommes, H.J. (1978). "The Material Idea of the Law-State". Philosophia Reformata. 43 (1/2): 49–60. doi:10.1163/22116117-90001308.
- Van Eikema Hommes, Hendrik (1982). "Moderne Rechtsstaat en Grondrechten". Philosophia Reformata. 47 (2): 97–120. doi:10.1163/22116117-90001385.
- "Legal Order and Legal Principles," in Symposia I (Memoria del X Congreso mundial ordinario de filosofía del derecho y filosofía social 5; Universidad nacional autónoma de México, 1981), pp. 43–56.
References
- ^ H.E.S. Woldring (2013). Een handvol filosofen: Geschiedenis van de filosofiebeoefening aan de Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam van 1880 tot 2012. Uitgeverij Verloren. p. 290. ISBN 978-90-8704-330-8.
- ^ Bas Hengstmengel. "Paul Scholten en Herman Dooyeweerd: het gesprek dat nooit plaatsvond" (in Dutch). BJU Tijdschriften. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
- ^ "H.J. van Eikema Hommes (1930 - 1984)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
