The Origins of the European Legal Order
Hardback
Main Details
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The Origins of the European Legal Order
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Maurizio Lupoi
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Translated by Adrian Belton
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:656 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152 |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780521621076
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| Classifications | Dewey:340.9 |
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
9 March 2000 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
This is the first translation into English of Alle Radici del Mondo Giuridico Europeo published in Italy in 1994. The book is a comprehensive reappraisal of thinking on the common structural features of the various European jurisdictions. Professor Lupoi argues the case for the existence of an earlier system of common law as far back as between the sixth and eleventh centuries. Based on various Germanic customs, this law was codified in Latin and survives in modified form in modern English common law. Legal sources from all over Europe are compared and discussed. Cultures formerly considered to be 'barbarian' emerge in a new light and common strands emerge which have gone unnoticed until now.
Reviews'Cambridge University Press are to be congratulated on publishing a translation of a large-scale work of continental scholarship on the Middle Ages ... The Origins of the European Legal Order ... is full of fascinating detail, and is vigorously argued.' Medium Aevum
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