Origins of the European Legal Order

Klappentext This is a translation of Alle radici del mondo giuridico europeo published in Italy in 1994. Zusammenfassung This translation of Alle radici del mondo giuridico europeo published in Italy in 1994 is a comprehensive reappraisal of thinking on the common structural features of the various European jurisdictions. Legal sources from all over Europe are compared and discussed. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of abbreviations; 1. The early Middle Ages: a comparative approach; 2. A historical and institutional profile of the Roman empire in the fourth and fifth centuries; 3. Excursus I: 'barbarians'; 4. Historical and institutional profiles of the 'new dominations'; 5. Excursus II: the days of the week; 6. Excursus III: Anglo-Saxon charters; 7. Consensus by assembly; 8. Excursus IV: authority and consensus in judicial decisions; 9. Public allegiance; 10. Excursus V: the Anglo-Saxon writ; 11. Private allegiance; 12. Open legal systems; 13. Excursus VI: textual 'coincidences' in documentary forms; Chronology of popes and sovereigns; Appendix of sources; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Maurizio Lupoi, Maurizio (Universit... Degli Studi DI Genov Lupoi, Maurizio (Universita Degli Studi DI Genova) Lupoi
• Assisted by: Adrian Belton (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.03.2000
• EAN: 9780521621076
• ISBN: 978-0-521-62107-6
• No. of pages: 656
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous