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UNINA9910973538803321 |
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Autore |
Caenegem R. C. van |
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Titolo |
European law in the past and the future : unity and diversity over two millennia / / R.C. van Caenegem |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002 |
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ISBN |
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1-107-12495-6 |
0-511-49508-0 |
0-511-17537-X |
0-511-15568-9 |
1-280-41940-7 |
0-511-30394-7 |
0-511-04485-2 |
0-521-80938-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (viii, 175 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Law - Europe - International unification |
Law - Europe - Codification |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 144-167) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. The national codes: a transient phase -- 2. Ius commune: the first unification of European law -- 3. Common law and civil law: neighbours yet strangers -- 4. The holy books of the law -- 5. Why did the ius commune conquer Europe? -- 6. Law is politics. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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As Europe moves towards economic and political unification, many wonder why legal unification makes so little headway. In this concise but wide-ranging book, R. C. van Caenegem considers the historical reasons behind this legal diversity. He stresses the importance of the adoption on the Continent - but not in England - of the classical law of the Romans, and shows how the rise of the nation states led to a multitude of national codes of law. The impact of politics on legal development is another key factor, and as a graphic example van Caenegem provides a detailed account of how the German past was extolled in Nazi Germany. The book concludes with a consideration of |
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