Roman Law and the Idea of Europe

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by the European Research Council. Roman law is widely considered to be the foundation of European legal culture and an inherent source of unity within European law. Roman Law and the Idea of Europe explores the emergence of this idea of Roman law as an idealized shared heritage, tracing its origins among exiled German scholars in Britain during the Nazi regime. The book follows the spread and influence of these ideas in Europe after the war as part of the larger enthusiasm for European unity. It argues that the rise of the importance of Roman law was a reaction against the crisis of jurisprudence in the face of Nazi ideas of racial and ultranationalistic law, leading to the establishment of the idea of Europe founded on shared legal principles. With contributions from leading academics in the field as well as established younger scholars, this volume will be of immense interests to anyone studying intellectual history, legal history, political history and Roman law in the context of Europe.>

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• Authors: Heta Bjrklund, Koske, Str229, Bo th, Dr Kaius Bjoerklund Tuori, Kaius Tuori, Kaius (University of Helsinki Tuori
• Assisted by: Dr Heta Bjoerklund (Editor), Heta (University of Helsinki Bjoerklund (Editor), Heta Bjorklund (Editor), Heta (University of Helsinki Bjorklund (Editor), Heta Björklund (Editor), Bo Strath (Editor), Dr Kaius Tuori (Editor), Kaius Tuori (Editor), Kaius (University of Helsinki Tuori (Editor), Martti Koskenniemi (Editor of the series), Bo Stråth (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781350058736
• ISBN: 978-1-350-05873-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Europe's Legacy in the Modern World; Europe's Legacy in the Modern; Europe's Legacy in the Modern World; Europe's Legacy in the Modern; Europe’s Legacy in the Modern World
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, LAW / Legal History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology, Ancient Rome, Legal History, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, History and Archaeology, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)