| Description |
xv, 320 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Legislation -- 2. Jurists -- 3. Judges -- 4. Custom -- 5. Legislation and jurists: French délit -- 6. Jurists, judges, custom, legislation: water rights -- 7. Legal transplants 1 : the cause of the reception of Roman law -- 8. Legal transplants 2 : other receptions -- 9. The Case of English common law -- 10. Humanism, the law of reason, codification -- 11. Conclusions |
| Notes |
Rev. ed. of: The evolution of law. 1985 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-309) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Law -- History.
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Roman law -- History.
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Roman law -- Influence.
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| Author |
Watson, Alan, 1933-2018.
Evolution of law
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| LC no. |
00055274 |
| ISBN |
0801864844 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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