The History of Law in Europe : An Introduction

Bart Wauters

ISBN 10: 1786430754 / ISBN 13: 9781786430755

Edité par Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Apr 2017, 2017

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Neuware - Comprehensive and accessible, this book offers a concise synthesis of the evolution of the law in Western Europe, from ancient Rome to the beginning of the twentieth century. It situates law in the wider framework of Europe's political, economic, social and cultural developments.

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• Titre: The History of Law in Europe : An Introduction
• Éditeur: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Apr 2017
• Date de parution: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1786430754
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781786430755
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 234 L x 156 H x 0 P (en millimètres) 234 millimètres de largeur par 156 millimètres de hauteur par 0 millimètres de profondeur

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Synopsis

'The rule of law and property rights were the ''secret weapons'' that made Western Europe and its offshoots in North America and Oceania democratic and prosperous. How did this European legal system come to be? To answer this question, Bart Wauters and Marco de Benito offer us a fresh overview of the history of law in Europe, dealing with both civil and common law, from Roman times through to its codification. This book is a stimulating, lucid, and imaginative read.'
- Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde, University of Pennsylvania, US

Comprehensive and accessible, this book offers a concise synthesis of the evolution of the law in Western Europe, from ancient Rome to the beginning of the twentieth century. It situates law in the wider framework of Europe's political, economic, social and cultural developments.

Offering a readily graspable and sound structure, chapters are organized according to the civil law systems and common law systems. Each chapter is built around the evolution of the four sources of the law: legal science, legislation, courts and customary law, set chronologically against the relevant historical context. Throughout this in-depth presentation of the key determinants in European legal history, Bart Wauters and Marco de Benito allow readers to understand how the law arose and evolved in Europe as a shared language, of which its different national laws are but dialectal expressions - with the unique exception, perhaps, of English common law, whose peculiarity is likewise due to accidents of history which are themselves explored.

With its elegant comparative approach, this book will appeal to European Law students and scholars looking for a concise, yet academically sound, account of the history of law in Europe.

À propos de l?auteur

Bart Wauters and Marco de Benito, Professors of Law, IE University, Spain