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Author Caenegem, R. C. van.

Title European law in the past and the future : unity and diversity over two millennia / R.C. van Caenegem
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 175 pages)
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 144-167) and index
Notes English
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Subject Law -- Europe -- International unification
Law -- Europe -- Codification
LAW -- Customary.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Comparative.
Law -- Codification
Law -- International unification
Europe
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