The Principles of Natural Law (1748): In Which the True Systems of Morality and Civil Government are Established; and the Different Sentiments of Grot - Hardcoverby Jean Jacques Burlamaqui (Author) In this book Jean Jacques Burlamaqui 1694 1748], a Swiss jurist and professor of civil and natural law, outlined a constitutional system whose principles, such as checks and balances and judicial review, influenced the political thought of the American founding fathers. Additionally, Burlamaqui's discussion of happiness as a natural right probably inspired Thomas Jefferson when he wrote the Declaration of