A short history of European law: the last two and a half millennia
"Tamar Herzog offers a road map to European law across 2,500 years that reveals underlying patterns and unexpected connections. By showing what European law was, where its iterations were found, who made and implemented it, and what the results were, she ties legal norms to their historical cir...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England
Harvard University Press
[2018]
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Europe
/ Law
/ History
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| IxTheo Classification: | SB Catholic Church law |
| Further subjects: | B
Civil law systems
History
B Law (Europe) International unification History B Law History Europe B Law B Europe B Law (Europe) History B History B Common Law History B Law International unification History Europe |
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| Summary: | "Tamar Herzog offers a road map to European law across 2,500 years that reveals underlying patterns and unexpected connections. By showing what European law was, where its iterations were found, who made and implemented it, and what the results were, she ties legal norms to their historical circumstances and reveals the law's fragile malleability"-- Introduction : the making of law in Europe -- Roman law : now you see it, now you don't -- The creation of Latin Christendom -- An age with no jurists? -- Lords, emperors, and popes around the year 1000 -- The birth of a European ius commune -- The birth of an English common law -- Crisis and reaffirmation of ius commune -- Crisis and reinvention of common law -- From ius gentium to natural law : making European law universal I -- North American developments -- The French Revolution -- Codifying the laws of Europe : making European law universal II -- Codifying common law -- Epilogue : a market, a community, and a union |
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| Item Description: | Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke |
| Physical Description: | vi, 289 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-23786-5 0-674-98034-4 978-0-674-98034-1 |
