Legal history and a common law for Europe : mystery, reality, imagination

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Edition Details

Creator or Attribution (Responsibility): Alan Watson
Language: English
Jurisdiction(s): Sweden
Publication Information: Stockholm : [Institutet fo?r ra?ttshistorisk forskning], 2001
Publication Type (Medium): History
Type: Book
Series title: Institutet fo?r ra?ttshistorisk forskning (Series)., Serien III,, Ra?ttshistoriska skrifter ;, Bd. 2.
Permalink: http://books.lawlegal.eu/legal-history-and-a-common-law-for-europe-mystery-reality-imagination/ (Stable identifier)

Short Description

181 pages ; 21 cm.

Purpose and Intended Audience

Useful for students learning an area of law, Legal history and a common law for Europe : mystery, reality, imagination is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.

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Bibliographic information

Publisher: Institutet fo?r ra?ttshistorisk forskning
Responsable Person: Alan Watson.
Publication Date: 2001
Country/State: Sweden
Number of Editions: 8 editions
First edition Date: 2001
Last edition Date: 2001
Languages: English
Library of Congress Code: KJC472
Dewey Code: 340.094
ISBN: 9185190659 9789185190652
OCLC: 48797806

Main Contents

Confusion in fundamental sources: misunderstandings
Law as a reflection of society?: Justinian's Institutes and Digest, and early Byzantium
Origins, developments and unforeseen results
Authority and myth
Legal transplants
Foreign legal thinking
The European Union and the prehistory of Roman law
Conclusions and suggestions
Epilogue

Structured Subjects (Headings):

Europe

Unstructured Subjects (Headings):

Europe

Legal history and a common law for Europe : mystery, reality, imagination

Legal history and a common law for Europe : mystery, reality, imagination