European legal history : a cultural and political perspective /

Lesaffer, Randall, 1968-

European legal history : a cultural and political perspective / Randall Lesaffer ; translated by Jan Arriens. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - ix, 549 pages ; 24 cm

Introduction --
Suum cuique tribuere (ancient Rome, c.1000 BC-AD 565) --
Correctio (the early Middle Ages, c.500-1000) --
Auctoritas (the late Middle Ages, c.1000-1453) --
Emulatio (the early Modern Age, 1453-1648) --
Ratio (the Modern Age, 1648-1914) --
Voluntas (the Post-Modern Age, 1914-2004).

This historical introduction to the civil law tradition considers the political and cultural context of Europe's legal history from its Roman roots. Political, diplomatic and constitutional developments are discussed, and the impacts of major cultural movements, such as scholasticism, humanism, the Enlightenment and Romanticism, on law and jurisprudence are highlighted.


Translated from the Dutch

9780521701778 (Paperback) 0521701775 (Paperback)


Derecho --Historia --Europa

KJ 147 / L622e 2009

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