European legal history : sources and institutions
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European legal history : sources and institutions
Butterworths, 1994
2nd ed
Available at 21 libraries
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Previous ed. published under title: An introduction to European legal history
Bibliography: p. [325]-339
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Traces the development and reception of Roman Law into West European systems, the nature and practice of feudalism, and the practice of canon law. This book also introduces the development of English, French, German and Scots law. It includes sections on Eastern Europe and Scandinavia.
Table of Contents
Table of dates. Maps. The background. Feudal law. The glossators. The commentators. Canon law. The law merchant. The Ius commune. The Common Law of England. Feudal Scotland. Humanism and Reformation. Law in Germany. The development of French law. The seventeenth century. The making of Scots law. Enlightenment and codification. Codification in the nineteenth century. New trends in law 1815-1914. The twentieth Century. Appendices. Select bibliography. Index.
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