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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789683203321

Autore

Caenegem R. C. van

Titolo

Legal history : a European perspective / / R.C. van Caenegem

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Rio Grande, Ohio : , : Hambledon Press, , 1991

ISBN

1-283-20149-6

9786613201492

0-8264-2000-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Disciplina

349.4

344

Soggetti

Law - Europe - History

Law - Great Britain - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Public prosecution of crime in twelfth-century England -- Criminal law in England and Flanders under King Henry II and Count Philip of Alsace -- The borough charter of Saint-Omer of 1127 granted by William Clito, Count of Flanders -- Methods of proof in Western medieval law -- Law in the medieval world -- Reflexions on the place of the Low Countries in European history -- The common law seen from the European continent -- The Rechsstaat in historical perspective -- Max Weber.

Sommario/riassunto

R.C. Van Caenegem is one of the few legal historians to have crossed national boundaries successfully. His knowledge of the various codes and customs of the European Continent in general and the Low Countries in particular enables him to bring a fresh eye to the English Common law. Four of these nine essays have not been published in English before.