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Title The Old Law of Bizkaia (1452) : introductory study and critical edition / [compiled, edited, and annotated] by Gregorio Monreal Zia ; translated by William A. Douglass and Linda White ; preface by William A. Douglass.

Publication Info. Reno, Nev. : Center for Basque Studies, University of Nevada, Reno, [2005]
©2005

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  KKT9001.A17 O426 2005    Available  ---
Description 359 pages : maps, genealogical table ; 24 cm.
Series Basque classics series ; no. 1
Basque classics series ; no. 1.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-321) and index.
Contents A geopolitical overview -- Juridical romanization, Castillian royal law and Bizkaian law -- Antecedents of the Old Law (Fuero Viejo) -- Fundamental reasons for elaborating the Old Law (1452) -- Writing the Old Law -- Transcriptions of Old Law texts -- Editions of the Old Law -- The need for a critical edition of the Old Law -- The language of the Old Law -- An Old Law of Albedrío -- The personal scope of the Old Law : hidalgos and labradores -- The territorial scope of the Old Law : the singular problem of the villas -- The seigniory of Bizkaia's Foundational Pact -- The community -- The lord and his oath -- The relationship between the community and its lord : the pase foral -- The administration of justice -- Penal law -- Legal procedure -- The nature of property -- The family, matrimony and matrimonial rights in property -- Inheritance -- From the Old Law to the New Law (Fuero Nuevo).
Subject Law -- Spain -- Vizcaya -- Sources.
Law.
Spain -- Vizcaya.
Genre/Form Sources.
Subject Law.
Added Author Monreal Zia, Gregorio.
Douglass, William A.
White, Linda, 1949-
Vizcaya (Spain). Fuero Viejo. English.
ISBN 1877802522 paperback
1877802530 hardcover