European law in the past and the future : unity and diversity over two millennia / R C van Caenegem.

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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002

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22603

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Law -- Europe.

Law -- Europe -- History.

European law -- History.

Comparative law -- History.

Codification -- Europe.

Contents:

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.

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Includes bibliography and index.

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0521006481

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viii, 175 pages