Roman Law, Contemporary Law, European Law - The Civilian Tradition Today

Zusatztext This is an awe-inspiringly dense volume, packed with thought-provoking insights, and delivered with a voice of tremendous authority. There is much here to appeal not only to all those with an interest in how legal systems and legal education influence one another, but also to those seeking a vade mecum to the world of comparative private law. Informationen zum Autor Reinhard Zimmermann is Professor of Law at the University of Regensburg Klappentext Legal history helps us to understand modern law. This book contains the text on which Professor Zimmermann's October 1999 Clarendon lectures at the University of Oxford were based. The lectures combine legal analysis, legal historiography, and reflections on both contemporary and future legal developments throughout Europe. Zusammenfassung This book contains the text on which Professor Zimmermann's Clarendon Lectures at the University of Oxford in October 1999 were based. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: The End of an Era: Transformation of Scholarship in Roman Law 2: The Transition from Civil Law to Civil Code in Germany: Dawn of a New Era 3: A Change in perspective: European Private Law and its Historical Foundations Final Observations Index

Product details

• Authors: Reinhard Zimmermann, Reinhard (Professor of Law Zimmermann, Zimmermann Reinhard
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.03.2001
• EAN: 9780198299134
• ISBN: 978-0-19-829913-4
• No. of pages: 218
• Series: Clarendon Law Lectures; Clarendon Law Lectures
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; Europe, LAW / Comparative, Ancient Rome, comparative law, EU (European Union), Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law, Laws Of Specific Jurisdictions, Roman law, Systems of law: Roman law