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The Evolution of Western private law / Alan Watson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Watson, Alan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law--History.
- Law.
- Roman law--History.
- Roman law.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (341 p.)
- Edition:
- Expanded ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The result is a work that incorporates all the ideas that Watson has put forward during his twenty-five years studying comparative law and the development of legal systems, combining a remarkable range of sources with superb insight.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Legislation
- 2 Jurists
- 3 Judges
- 4 Custom
- 5 Legislation and Jurists - French Délit
- 6 Jurists, Judges, Custom, Legislation - Water Rights
- 7 Legal Transplants I - The Cause of the Reception of Roman Law
- 8 Legal Transplants 2 - Other Receptions
- 9 The Case of English Common Law
- 10 Humanism, The Law of Reason, Codification
- 11 Conclusions
- Notes
- Glossary
- Index.
- Notes:
- Rev. ed. of: The evolution of law. 1985.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-309) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-7708-3
- OCLC:
- 70748580
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