Hendrik van Eikema Hommes explained

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. 1971. 14. 165–169.
• Review: Wijsbegeerte en Vakwetenskap by D. F. M. Strauss. Philosophia Reformata. 1972. 37. 3/4. 194–196. 10.1163/22116117-90001243.
• The Functions of Law and the Role of Legal Principles. Philosophia Reformata. 1974. 39. 1/2. 77–81. 10.1163/22116117-90001265. Van Eikema Hommes. H. J..
• The Limits of the Legal Competence of the State. Philosophia Reformata. 1976. 41. 1/2. 9–23. 10.1163/22116117-90001278. Van Eikema Hommes. H. J..
• The Material Idea of the Law-State. Philosophia Reformata. 1978. 43. 1/2. 49–60. 10.1163/22116117-90001308. Van Eikema Hommes. H.J..
• Moderne Rechtsstaat en Grondrechten. Philosophia Reformata. 1982. 47. 2. 97–120. 10.1163/22116117-90001385. Van Eikema Hommes. Hendrik.
• "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.

Notes and References

1. Book: H.E.S. Woldring. Een handvol filosofen: Geschiedenis van de filosofiebeoefening aan de Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam van 1880 tot 2012. 2013. Uitgeverij Verloren. 978-90-8704-330-8. 290.
2. Web site: Bas Hengstmengel . Paul Scholten en Herman Dooyeweerd: het gesprek dat nooit plaatsvond . Dutch . BJU Tijdschriften . 3 June 2015.
3. Web site: H.J. van Eikema Hommes (1930 - 1984) . Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences . 3 May 2020.