Benjamin Straumann

1.3k total citations
29 papers, 249 citations indexed

About

Benjamin Straumann is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Philosophy and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin Straumann has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 249 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 17 papers in Philosophy and 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Benjamin Straumann's work include Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought (14 papers), American Constitutional Law and Politics (11 papers) and International Law and Human Rights (8 papers). Benjamin Straumann is often cited by papers focused on Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought (14 papers), American Constitutional Law and Politics (11 papers) and International Law and Human Rights (8 papers). Benjamin Straumann collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and China. Benjamin Straumann's co-authors include Lauren Benton, Benedict Kingsbury and Dan Edelstein and has published in prestigious journals such as Political Theory, European Journal of International Law and Constellations.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin Straumann

23 papers receiving 197 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Benjamin Straumann United States 9 156 81 68 58 58 29 249
Glenn Burgess United Kingdom 11 136 0.9× 40 0.5× 71 1.0× 20 0.3× 148 2.6× 28 276
Thomas Duve Germany 8 110 0.7× 20 0.2× 35 0.5× 39 0.7× 35 0.6× 91 223
Wilfried Nippel Germany 7 116 0.7× 27 0.3× 119 1.8× 79 1.4× 58 1.0× 23 279
Johann P. Sommerville United States 11 220 1.4× 138 1.7× 87 1.3× 21 0.4× 117 2.0× 30 351
Derek Hirst United States 11 149 1.0× 19 0.2× 91 1.3× 35 0.6× 222 3.8× 38 389
Michael Mendle United States 9 153 1.0× 58 0.7× 62 0.9× 42 0.7× 160 2.8× 16 309
Jane Burbank United States 10 315 2.0× 13 0.2× 224 3.3× 61 1.1× 82 1.4× 40 464
Paul Monod United States 9 64 0.4× 18 0.2× 73 1.1× 35 0.6× 123 2.1× 31 245
Joad Raymond United Kingdom 11 100 0.6× 23 0.3× 41 0.6× 68 1.2× 182 3.1× 40 336
Richard Kroll 7 38 0.2× 35 0.4× 49 0.7× 32 0.6× 79 1.4× 16 218

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All Works

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Straumann, Benjamin. (2025). Jean-Louis Ferrary, La pensée politique de la Rome républicaine et les traités de philosophie politique de Cicéron. A cura di Maria Stefania Montecalvo. Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte Romanistische Abteilung. 142(1). 668–675.
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Straumann, Benjamin. (2023). Enforceable Duties: Cicero and Kant on the Legal Nature of Political Order. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 5(2-3). 255–275.
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Edelstein, Dan & Benjamin Straumann. (2023). On the liberties of the ancients: licentiousness, equal rights, and the rule of law. History of European Ideas. 49(6). 1037–1060. 1 indexed citations
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Straumann, Benjamin. (2020). Leaving the State of Nature: Polybius on Resentment and the Emergence of Morals and Political Order. Polis The Journal for Ancient Greek and Roman Political Thought. 37(1). 9–43. 3 indexed citations
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Straumann, Benjamin. (2019). ‘The laws are in charge of the magistrates’: reply to Edelstein, Sullivan and Springborg. Global Intellectual History. 4(3). 271–288. 2 indexed citations
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Straumann, Benjamin. (2019). The Energy of Concepts: The Role of Concepts in Long-Term Intellectual History and Social Reality. Journal of the Philosophy of History. 14(2). 147–182. 6 indexed citations
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Straumann, Benjamin. (2019). The Rule of Law: Sociology or Normative Theory? An Afterword to Martti Koskenniemi’s Foreword. European Journal of International Law. 30(4). 1121–1127. 1 indexed citations
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Straumann, Benjamin. (2016). Crisis and Constitutionalism. Oxford University Press eBooks. 29 indexed citations
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Straumann, Benjamin. (2015). Early Modern Sovereignty and Its Limits. Theoretical Inquiries in Law. 16(2). 423–446. 3 indexed citations
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Straumann, Benjamin. (2011). Constitutional thought in the late Roman Republic. History of Political Thought. 32(2). 280–292. 3 indexed citations
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Kingsbury, Benedict, et al.. (2011). The Wars of the Romans: A Critical Edition and Translation of De Armis Romanis. Sound Ideas (University of Puget Sound). 6 indexed citations
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Kingsbury, Benedict & Benjamin Straumann. (2011). The State of Nature and Commercial Sociability in Early Modern International Legal Thought. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Kingsbury, Benedict & Benjamin Straumann. (2010). The Roman Foundations of the Law of Nations. Oxford University Press eBooks. 10 indexed citations
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Straumann, Benjamin. (2008). The Peace of Westphalia as a Secular Constitution. Constellations. 15(2). 173–188. 11 indexed citations
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Straumann, Benjamin. (2007). Natural Rights and Roman Law in Hugo Grotius's Theses LVI, De iure praedae and Defensio capitis quinti maris liberi. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 26-28(1). 341–365.
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Straumann, Benjamin. (2007). Hugo Grotius und die Antike : römisches Recht und römische Ethik im frühneuzeitlichen Naturrecht. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 4 indexed citations
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Straumann, Benjamin. (2007). Hugo Grotius und die Antike. Nomos eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Straumann, Benjamin. (2006). The right to punish as a just cause of war in Hugo Grotius’ natural law. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 2. 1–20. 4 indexed citations
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Straumann, Benjamin. (2006). “Ancient Caesarian Lawyers” in a State of Nature. Political Theory. 34(3). 328–350. 10 indexed citations

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