Ley Romana En La Historia Europea

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ROMAN LAW IN EUROPEAN HISTORY

This is a short and succinct summary of the unique position of Roman law in European culture by a leading legal historian. Peter Stein’s masterly study assesses the impact of Roman law in the ancient world and its continued unifying influence throughout medieval and modern Europe. Roman Law in European History is unparalleledin range, lucidity and authority, and should prove of enormous utility for teachers and students (at all levels) of legal history, comparative law and European Studies. Award-winning on its appearance in German translation, this English rendition of a magisterial work of interpretive synthesis is an invaluable contribution to the understanding of perhaps the most important European legaltradition of all. P   S    is Emeritus Regius Professor of Civil Law in the University of Cambridge. His many publications include Regulae iuris: From Juristic Rules to Legal Maxims (), Legal Evolution () and Legal Institutions ().

ROMAN LAW IN EUROPEAN HISTORY
PETER S TEIN

          The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street,Cambridge, United Kingdom    The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211, USA 477 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne, VIC 3207, Australia Ruiz de Alarcón 13, 28014 Madrid, Spain Dock House, The Waterfront, Cape Town 8001, South Africa http://www.cambridge.org © English version Cambridge University Press 2004 First published inprinted format 1999 ISBN 0-511-03674-4 eBook (Adobe Reader) ISBN 0-521-64372-4 hardback ISBN 0-521-64379-1 paperback Originally published in German as Römisches Recht und Europa by Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH 1996 and © Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt am Main First published in English by Cambridge University Press 1999 as Roman Law in European History English version © CambridgeUniversity Press 1999

Contents

List of abbreviations Chronology  Introduction  Roman law in antiquity
            The law of the Twelve Tables Legal development by interpretation The praetor and the control of remedies The ius gentium and the advent of jurists The empire and the law The jurists in the classical period The ordering of the law The culmination of classicaljurisprudence The division of the empire Post-classical law and procedure The end of the western empire Justinian and the Corpus iuris Roman law and Germanic law in the West Church and empire The rediscovery of the Digest The civil law glossators Civil law and canon law The attraction of the Bologna studium The new learning outside Italy Applied civil law: legal procedure Applied civil law: legislativepower Civil law and custom Civil law and local laws in the thirteenth century The School of Orleans

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 The revival of Justinian’s law
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Contents
The Commentators The impact of humanism Humanism and thecivil law The civil law becomes a science The ordering of the customary law The Bartolist reaction The Reception of Roman law The Reception in Germany Court practice as a source of law Civil law and natural law Civil law and international law Theory and practice in the Netherlands Roman law and national laws The mature natural law The codification movement Early codifications in Germany and AustriaPothier and the French Civil Code The German historical school Pandect-science and the German Civil Code Nineteenth-century legal science outside Germany Roman law in the twentieth century            

 Roman law and the nation state

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 Roman law and codification

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Index

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Abbreviations

C. Character C.Th. D....