Author: R. C. van CaenegemPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521427456
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
This book provides an introduction to the rise and development of present-day private law.
An Historical Introduction to Private Law
Author: R. C. van CaenegemPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521427456
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
This book provides an introduction to the rise and development of present-day private law.
An Historical Introduction to Modern Civil Law
Author: Thomas Glyn WatkinPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351958909
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
The civil law systems of continental Europe, Latin America and other parts of the world, including Japan, share a common legal heritage derived from Roman law. However, it is an inheritance which has been modified and adapted over the centuries as a result of contact with Germanic legal concepts, the work of jurists in the mediaeval universities, the growth of the canon law of the western Church, the humanist scholarship of the Renaissance and the rationalism of the natural lawyers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. This volume provides a critical appreciation of modern civilian systems by examining current rules and structures in the context of their 2,500 year development. It is not a narrative history of civil law, but an historical examination of the forces and influences which have shaped the form and the content of modern codes, as well as the legislative and judicial processes by which they are created are administered.
An Historical Introduction to Western Constitutional Law
Author: R. C. van CaenegemPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521476935
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The constitutional question is of paramount importance in the political and nationalist agenda of late twentieth-century Europe. Professor van Caenegem's new book addresses fundamental questions of constitutional organisation: democracy versus autocracy, unitary versus federal organisation, pluralism versus intolerance, by analysing different models of constitutional government through an historical perspective. The approach is chronological: constitutionalism is explained as the result of many centuries of trial and error through a narrative which begins in the early Middle Ages and concludes with contemporary debates, focusing on Europe, the United States, and the Soviet Union. Special attention is devoted to the rise of the rule of law, and of constitutional, parliamentary, and federal forms of government. The epilogue discusses the future of liberal democracy as a universal model.
An Introduction to the Comparative Study of Private Law
Author: James GordleyPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108835848
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 735
Book Description
Original sources illustrate and compare the principal doctrines of private law in the United States, England, France, Germany and China.
Historical Introduction to the Study of Roman Law
Author: Herbert Felix JolowiczPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal law
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Roman Law in European History
Author: Peter SteinPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521643795
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
This is a short and succinct summary of the unique position of Roman law in European culture by one of the world's leading legal historians. Peter Stein's masterly study assesses the impact of Roman law in the ancient world, and its continued unifying influence throughout medieval and modern Europe. Roman Law in European History is unparalleled in lucidity and authority, and should prove of enormous utility for teachers and students (at all levels) of legal history, comparative law and European Studies. Award-winning on its appearance in German translation, this English rendition of a magisterial work of interpretive synthesis is an invaluable contribution to the understanding of perhaps the most important European legal tradition of all.
An Historical Introduction to Modern Civil Law
Author: Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1351958917
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 509
Book Description
A Concise History of the Common Law
Author: Theodore Frank Thomas PlucknettPublisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
ISBN: 1584771372
Category : Common law
Languages : en
Pages : 828
Book Description
Originally published: 5th ed. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1956.
An Historical Introduction to Private Law
Author: Raoul C. van CaenegemPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
A Historical Introduction to the Law of Obligations
Author: David J. IbbetsonPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780198764113
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
David Ibbetson exposes the historical layers beneath the modern rules and principles of contract, tort, and unjust enrichment. Small-scale changes caused by lawyers exploiting procedural advantages in their clients' interest are described & analyzed.