Description |
359 pages : maps, genealogical table ; 24 cm. |
Series |
Basque classics series ; no. 1
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Basque classics series ; no. 1.
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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.
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Law. |
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Spain -- Vizcaya. |
Genre/Form |
Sources.
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Subject |
Law. |
Added Author |
Monreal Zia, Gregorio.
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Douglass, William A.
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White, Linda, 1949-
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Vizcaya (Spain).
Fuero Viejo. English.
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ISBN |
1877802522 paperback |
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1877802530 hardcover |
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