The unique features of the medieval body politic – functional differentiation, indispensability of all parts, shared commitment to the common good, and harmony through the practice of justice – had important implications for a number of theoretical and practical considerations pertaining to various relationships in the political sphere and as such continues to be a fascinating input for contemporary debates. For example, when it came to representing corporations, “the individual was represented by virtue of his membership to certain universitas” (Fumurescu, 2013, p. 112). Of particular relevance for the communitarian-liberal debate, however, is the unique relationship of individual diversity to the common good, which Nederman
