Frisian Land Law: A Critical Edition and Translation of the Freeska Landriucht
Frisian Land Law: A Critical Edition and Translation of the Freeska Landriucht

Author: Han Nijdam

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2023-02-27

Total Pages: 457

ISBN-13: 9004526412

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Around 1485, the age-old compilation of Old Frisian customary law, partly dating back to the 11th century, was put into print. Latin glosses were included in the text with references to Canon and Roman law. This gloss tradition had come into being during the 13th and 14th centuries. This incunable came to be known as Freeska Landriucht or Frisian Land Law. This book presents its first edition with an English translation.

The Reception of Learned Law in Fourteenth- and Fifteenth-Century Frisia
The Reception of Learned Law in Fourteenth- and Fifteenth-Century Frisia

Author: Marvin Wiegand

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2024-10-31

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 9004712704

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This book offers the first comprehensive analysis of medieval Frisian law, focusing on the influence of Roman and canon law in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. It makes use of recent translations of Old Frisian legal texts to show the evolution of Frisian law and to unveil why the Frisians were motivated to change their traditional laws. The book covers everything from oaths as evidence in Frisian procedures, to whether Frisian widows could be guardians of their children, to the role the Frisians themselves played in the evolution of their legal system.

Contracts for a Third-Party Beneficiary
Contracts for a Third-Party Beneficiary

Author: Jan Hallebeek

Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9004169741

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This study deals with the concept of contracts for a third-party beneficiary, which is nowadays generally accepted in Western European jurisdictions. The subject is discussed in its development through the ages as well as from the perspective of present-day comparative law.

An Introduction to Old Frisian
An Introduction to Old Frisian

Author: Rolf Hendrik Bremmer

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 9027232555

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This is the first text book to offer a comprehensive approach to Old Frisian and includes a history of the Frisians during the Middle Ages, their society and literary culture. Covered are the phonology, morphology, word formation and syntax of Old Frisian, with a chapter on Old Frisian dialects and one on problems regarding the periodization of Frisian and the close relationship between (Old) Frisian and (Old) English. Included is a reader with a representative selection of twenty-one texts with explanatory notes and a full glossary. A bibliography and a select index complete the book.

The Rādhā Tantra
The Rādhā Tantra

Author: Mans Broo

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2016-10-26

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 1317485173

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The Rādhā Tantra is an anonymous 17th century tantric text from Bengal. The text offers a lively picture of the meeting of different religious traditions in 17th century Bengal, since it presents a Śākta version of the famous Vaiṣṇava story of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. This book presents a critically edited text of the Rādhā Tantra, based on manuscripts in India, Nepal and Bangladesh, as well as an annotated translation It is prefaced by an introduction that situates the text in its social and historical context and discusses its significance. The introduction also looks at the composition and metrics, vocabulary and grammar, and contents and doctrine of the text. It also includes a discussion of the extensive intertextualities of the Rādhā Tantra, as well as the sources used for this edition. The Sanskrit text in Roman transliteration, following the standard IAST system, is then presented, followed by an English translation of the text. This book will be of interest to scholars of South Asian Religion, Tantric Studies and Religious History.

The Right to Specific Performance
The Right to Specific Performance

Author: Jan Hallebeek

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13:

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This book is a sequel to volume 71 of the same series (Specific Performance in Contract Law: National and Other Perspectives). It resulted from the co-operation between legal historians, participating in the programme `Contract law and law of obligations in general' of the research school lus Commune. --Book Jacket.