Randall Lesaffer (The Netherlands Universiteit van Tilburg)

European Legal History

Transl. by Arriens, Jan

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 560
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 880g
• ISBN-13: 9780521701778
• ISBN-10: 0521701775
• Artikelnr.: 26217050

Autorenporträt

Randall Lesaffer studied law as well as history at the Universities of Ghent and Leuven. He obtained his LLD at the Catholic University of Leuven in 1998. He is currently Professor of Legal History at Tilburg University and part-time Professor of International and European Legal History at the University of Leuven. From 2008 to 2012 he was Dean of Tilburg Law School.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction; Part I. Ancient Roman Law: 2. Suum Cuique Tribuere (Ancient Rome, c. 1000 BC-565 AD); Part II. The Civil Law Tradition: 3. Correctio (The Early Middle Ages, c. 500-1000); 4. Auctoritas (The Late Middle Ages, c. 1000-1453); 5. Emulatio (The Early Modern Age, 1453-1648); 6. Ratio (The Modern Age, 1648-1914); 7. Voluntas (The Post-Modern Age, 1914-2004).

Rezensionen

'... Lesaffer has identified a key feature of the legal culture of each period and has structured his discussion around it ... this new approach works well and Lesaffer has produced an interesting new perspective on the established grand narrative of European legal history.' The Edinburgh Law Review