Английская Википедия:Fernando Vázquez de Menchaca

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Fernando Vázquez de Menchaca (1512–1569) was a Spanish jurist.

Fernando Vázquez de Menchaca was probably born in 1512 in Valladolid.[1] His family members included judges and administrators. He studied law at the universities of Vallodolid and Salamanca, graduating from the latter about 1548.Шаблон:Sfn[1] Menchaca held various positions as a judge and bureaucrat, including at the court of Philip II of Spain.Шаблон:Sfn Menchaca was a member of the Council of the Indies and the Order of Santiago. He died in 1569 in Seville.Шаблон:Sfn He was a hidalgo.Шаблон:Sfn

In his treatise Controversiarum illustrium aliarumque usu frequentium libri tres (Three books of famous and other controversies frequently occurring in practice),[1] likely first published in Venice in 1564,[1] Menchaca argued that political authority derives from the consent of the governed. Because people form societies by "natural inclination", according to Menchaca, political authority is an aspect of natural law.[2] Menchaca held that persons have natural rights including liberty and equality and endorsed a version of the social contract theory.Шаблон:Sfn In this respect, Menchaca thought that domestic society and international society were on a par: both were based on "pacts and treaties".[3] Further, since people create society "for their own utility", Menchaca argued that the people had an inalienable power to control their rulers.[4]

Mencha is considered a member of the School of Salamanca.[1] He published six treatises between 1559 and 1564.Шаблон:Sfn His thought influenced Hugo Grotius and Samuel von Pufendorf.[2]Шаблон:Sfn Scholar Salvador Rus Rufino identifies Menchaca as part of the tradition of Catholic humanism.Шаблон:Sfn

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