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ISBN:
9780511495083
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As Europe moves towards economic and political unification, many wonder why legal unification makes so little headway. In this concise but wide-ranging book, R. C. van Caenegem considers the historical reasons behind this legal diversity. He stresses the importance of the adoption on the Continent - but not in England - of the classical law of the Romans, and shows how the rise of the nation states led to a multitude of national codes of law. The impact of politics on legal development is another key factor, and as a graphic example van Caenegem provides a detailed account of how the German past was extolled in Nazi Germany. The book concludes with a consideration of the ongoing debate on the desirability - indeed, on the possibility - of European legal unification and of a federal constitution for a united Europe
Inhalt:
1. The national codes: a transient phase -- 2. Ius commune: the first unification of European law -- 3. Common law and civil law: neighbours yet strangers -- 4. The holy books of the law -- 5. Why did the ius commune conquer Europe? -- 6. Law is politics
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
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ISBN 9780521809382
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ISBN 9780521006484
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780521809382
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Geschichte
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Rechtswissenschaft
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511495083
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Mehr zum Autor:
Van Caenegem, Raoul C. 1927-2018
