A collection of papers which critically examine Adam Smith and his work. The majority of these papers were presented at the Nagoya Symposium to commemorate the bicentenary of the death of Adam Smith.

Adam Smith (1723-90) is well known as the author of The Wealth of Nations and as a champion of free enterprise but he also wrote on moral philosophy and lectured on rhetoric and jurisprudence. This collection reveals a new portrait of the well known economist, not as a simple-minded champion of free trade but as an interdisciplinary social scientist with a moral philosophy for the modern world. His legacy should not be restricted to economics and to the English-speaking world.

Preface - Acknowledgements - Notes on the Contributors - Adam Smith (1723-90): A biographical Sketch
I.Ross - The Practical System of Morality in Adam Smith
H.Shinohara - The Aesthetics of Adam Smith
P.Jones - Adam Smith's Lectures on Jurisprudence
J.W.Cairns - Adam Smith: Scottish Moral Philosopher as Political Economist
D.Winch - Smith, Steuart and Hume
A.S.Skinner - Adam Smith in the Scottish Enlightenment
J.Dwyer - Adam Smith in Germany
N.Waszek - Adam Smith and American Academic Moral Philosophers and Philosophy in the Age of Enlightenment and Revolution
R.J.Fechner - The Introduction of Adam Smith's Moral Philosophy to French Thought
T.Ando - A French Reading of the Wealth of Nations in 1790
D.Diatkine The Diffusion of the Economic Thought of Adam Smith in Italy
G.Gioli - Adam Smith in Russia
A.Anikin - Adam Smith in India
J.S. Narayan Rao - Adam Smith in China
Z.Shaowen - Adam Smith in Japan
C.Sugiyama, I.Omori &
H.Takemoto - Conclusion
H.Mizuta - Index