Authorities in early modern law courts
Focusing deliberately on the impact of law courts on substantive law - and not on its systematisation by learned jurists - it studies similarities and differences in the development of the law across different jurisdictions. In doing so it evaluates whether and to what extent it is possible to consi...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh
Edinburgh University Press
2021, [2021]
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| Series: | Edinburgh studies in law
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Focusing deliberately on the impact of law courts on substantive law - and not on its systematisation by learned jurists - it studies similarities and differences in the development of the law across different jurisdictions. In doing so it evaluates whether and to what extent it is possible to consider this development as a unitary and truly European phenomenon. This collection re-evaluates current debates surrounding the development of civil law in the early modern period in the context of the grand narratives of European legal history and sets out to challenge current orthodox views about early modern civil law |
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| Item Description: | "The papers collected in this volume were originally delivered on 25-26 May 2018 at a conference organised by the Centre for Legal History of the University of Edinburgh, School of Law"--Page xi |
| Physical Description: | xi, 299 pages |
| ISBN: | 9781474451000 1474451004 |