Evolution of Western Private Law

Evolution of Western Private Law

Description

Explores why legal systems continue to evolve in the Western world and the factors that promote change.

Table of Contents

Legislation
Jurists
Judges
Legislation and Jurists: French Delit
Jurists, Judges, Custom, Legislation: Water Rights
Legal Transplants 1: The Cause of the Reception of Roman Law
Legal Transplants 2: Other Receptions
The Case of English Common Law
Humanism, the Law of Reason, Codification

Streaming Media

ISBN

0801864844

Publication Date

2001

Publisher

Johns Hopkins University Press

City

Baltimore, MD

Disciplines

Civil Law | Common Law | Legal History

Comments

Publisher's Citation

Watson, Alan, and Alan Watson. 2001. The evolution of Western private law. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Excerpt reprinted with permission of John Hopkins University Press.

Evolution of Western Private Law

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