European law in the past and the future : unity and diversity over two millennia / R.C. van Caenegem.
"As Europe moves towards economic and political unification, many wonder why legal unification makes so little headway. In this concise but wide-ranging book, R. C. van Caenegem considers the historical reasons behind this legal diversity. He stresses the importance of the adoption on the Conti...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, U.K. ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2002.
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| Online Access: | Cambridge Books on Core Sample text |
| Summary: | "As Europe moves towards economic and political unification, many wonder why legal unification makes so little headway. In this concise but wide-ranging book, R. C. van Caenegem considers the historical reasons behind this legal diversity. He stresses the importance of the adoption on the Continent - but not in England - of the classical law of the Romans, and shows how the rise of the nation states led to a multitude of national codes of law. The impact of politics on legal development is another key factor, and as a graphic example van Caenegem provides a detailed account of how the German past was extolled in Nazi Germany. The book concludes with a consideration of the ongoing debate on the desirability - indeed, on the possibility - of European legal unification and of a federal constitution for a united Europe."--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 175 pages) |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511016328 9780511016325 0511044852 9780511044854 0511155689 9780511155680 051117537X 9780511175374 0511495080 9780511495083 0521006481 9780521006484 1280419407 9781280419409 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511495083 |