A Short History of Roman Law

A Short History of Roman Law

Author: Olga Tellegen-Couperus

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-11

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 1134908016

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Roman law is one of the key legal systems from which modern European law is derived. In this book Dr Tellegen-Couperus discusses the way in which Roman jurists created and developed law, and the way in which Roman law has come down to us.


Roman Law in European History

Roman Law in European History

Author: Peter Stein

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1999-05-13

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 9780521643795

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How Roman law has influenced European legal and political thought from antiquity to the present day.


A Short History of European Law

A Short History of European Law

Author: Tamar Herzog

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2018-01-08

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 0674980344

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Tamar Herzog offers a road map to European law across 2,500 years that reveals underlying patterns and unexpected connections. By showing what European law was, where its iterations were found, who made and implemented it, and what the results were, she ties legal norms to their historical circumstances and reveals the law’s fragile malleability.


The History of Law in Europe

The History of Law in Europe

Author: Bart Wauters

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2017-04-28

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 1786430762

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Comprehensive and accessible, this book offers a concise synthesis of the evolution of the law in Western Europe, from ancient Rome to the beginning of the twentieth century. It situates law in the wider framework of Europe’s political, economic, social and cultural developments.


The Twelve Tables

The Twelve Tables

Author: Anonymous

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-12-05

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13:

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This book presents the legislation that formed the basis of Roman law - The Laws of the Twelve Tables. These laws, formally promulgated in 449 BC, consolidated earlier traditions and established enduring rights and duties of Roman citizens. The Tables were created in response to agitation by the plebeian class, who had previously been excluded from the higher benefits of the Republic. Despite previously being unwritten and exclusively interpreted by upper-class priests, the Tables became highly regarded and formed the basis of Roman law for a thousand years. This comprehensive sequence of definitions of private rights and procedures, although highly specific and diverse, provided a foundation for the enduring legal system of the Roman Empire.


A Short History of Roman Law

A Short History of Roman Law

Author: Olga Tellegen-Couperus

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-11-01

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 1134908008

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The most important creation of the Romans was their law. In this book, Dr Tellegen-Couperus discusses the way in which the Roman jurists created and developed law and the way in which Roman law has come down to us. Special attention is given to questions such as `who were the jurists and their law schools' and to the close connection between jurists and the politics of their time.


Law in America

Law in America

Author: Lawrence M. Friedman

Publisher: Modern Library

Published: 2004-10-12

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 0812972856

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Throughout America’s history, our laws have been a reflection of who we are, of what we value, of who has control. They embody our society’s genetic code. In the masterful hands of the subject’s greatest living historian, the story of the evolution of our laws serves to lay bare the deciding struggles over power and justice that have shaped this country from its birth pangs to the present. Law in America is a supreme example of the historian’s art, its brevity a testament to the great elegance and wit of its composition.


Roman Law

Roman Law

Author: Rafael Domingo

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-04-17

Total Pages: 295

ISBN-13: 1351111450

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Roman Law: An Introduction offers a clear and accessible introduction to Roman law for students of any legal tradition. In the thousand years between the Law of the Twelve Tables and Justinian’s massive Codification, the Romans developed the most sophisticated and comprehensive secular legal system of Antiquity, which remains at the heart of the civil law tradition of Europe, Latin America, and some countries of Asia and Africa. Roman lawyers created new legal concepts, ideas, rules, and mechanisms that most Western legal systems still apply. The study of Roman law thus facilitates understanding among people of different cultures by inspiring a kind of legal common sense and breadth of knowledge. Based on over twenty-five years’ experience teaching Roman law, this volume offers a comprehensive examination of the subject, as well as a historical introduction which contextualizes the Roman legal system for students who have no familiarity with Latin or knowledge of Roman history. More than a compilation of legal facts, the book captures the defining characteristics and principal achievements of Roman legal culture through a millennium of development.