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Author Jansen, Nils.

Title The making of legal authority : non-legislative codifications in historical and comparative perspective / by Nils Jansen
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 175 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles
Contents Historical observations -- Non-legislative codifications in modern law -- Textual authorities: a classification -- The making of legal authority
Summary From 'Justinian's Institutes' and 'Blackstone's Commentaries' to modern examples such as the 'American Law Institute's Restatements', this book offers the first comparative analysis of non-legislative codifications
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-170) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Jurisprudence -- History.
Law -- Codification -- History
Legal literature -- History.
Legal authorities -- History
Jurisprudence.
Law -- Codification.
Legal authorities.
Legal literature.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780191723315
0191723312