A short history of European law : the last two and a half millennia / Tamar Herzog.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herzog, Tamar, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Europe--History.

Law.

History.

Civil law systems.

Europe.

Common law--History.

Common law.

Civil law systems--History.

Law--Europe--International unification--History.

Law--International unification.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

vi, 289 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.

Summary:

"Tamar Herzog offers a road map to European law across 2,500 years that reveals underlying patterns and unexpected connections. By showing what European law was, where its iterations were found, who made and implemented it, and what the results were, she ties legal norms to their historical circumstances and reveals the law's fragile malleability"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : the making of law in Europe

Part one. Ancient times: Roman law : now you see it, now you don't

The creation of Latin Christendom

Part two. The early middle ages: An age with no jurists?

Lords, emperors, and popes around the year 1000

Part three. The later middle ages: The birth of a European ius commune

The birth of an English common law

Part four. The early modern period: Crisis and reaffirmation of ius commune

Crisis and reinvention of common law

From ius gentium to natural law : making European law universal I

Part five. Modernity: North American developments

The French Revolution

Part six. The nineteenth century: Codifying the laws of Europe : making European law universal II

Codifying common law

Epilogue : a market, a community, and a union.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674980341

0674980344

OCLC:

1000385830