| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 175 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 144-167) and index. |
| Contents |
Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; 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; Epilogue: A look into the twenty-first century; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
R.C. van Caenegem considers the historical reasons behind European legal diversity, stressing the adoption of the classical law of the Romans, the influence of the rise of the nation states, and the impact of politics on legal development. He concludes with a consideration of the desirability of European legal unification. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Law -- Europe -- International unification.
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Law. |
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Europe. |
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Law -- Europe -- Codification.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Law. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Caenegem, R.C. van. European law in the past and the future. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002 052180938X (DLC) 2001035697 (OCoLC)46937750 |
| ISBN |
0511016328 (electronic book) |
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9780511016325 (electronic book) |
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0511029551 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780511029554 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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0511155689 |
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9780511155680 |
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051117537X (electronic book) |
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9780511175374 (electronic book) |
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9780521809382 (hardback) |
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052180938X (hardback) |
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9780511044854 (electronic book) |
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0511044852 (electronic book) |
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9780511495083 (electronic book) |
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0511495080 (electronic book) |
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1280419407 |
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9781280419409 |
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0521006481 (paperback) |
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9780521006484 (Paperback) |
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