Book contents
- Frontmatter
- 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
Contents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 August 2009
- Frontmatter
- 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
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- European Law in the Past and the FutureUnity and Diversity over Two Millennia, pp. v - viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2001