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Brill A Companion to Western Legal Tradition: From Antiquity to the Twentieth Century
Book SynopsisThis volume offers an extensive introduction to Western legal traditions from antiquity to the twentieth century. Drawing from a variety of scholarly writings, both in English and in translation, thirteen leading scholars present the current state of western legal history research and pave the way for new debates and future study. This is the ideal sourcebook for graduate students, as it enables them to approach the key questions of the field in an accessible way. Contributors are: Aniceto Masferrer, C.H. (Remco) van Rhee, Seán P. Donlan, Stephan Dusil, Gerald Schwedler, Jean-Louis Halpérin, Jan Hallebeek, Agustín Parise, Heikki Pihlajamäki, Dirk Heirbaut, Bernd Kannowski, Adolfo Giuliani, Olivier Moréteau, and Jacques Vanderlinden.Trade ReviewThe press about volume 1 in the series: "[The book] succeeds as an excellent point of entry to what at times can seem like a highly complex subject. [..] [The editors] and their fellow contributors have undoubtedly got the new series off to the strongest possible start." – Warren Swain, The Edinburgh Law ReviewTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors Western Legal Traditions: An Introduction Aniceto Masferrer, C.H. van Rhee, Seán P. Donlan and Cornelis Heesters 1 Antiquity (753 bc–565 ad) Jan Hallebeek 2 Early Middle Ages (500–1100) Stephan Dusil, Bernd Kannowski and Gerald Schwedler 3 High and Late Middle Ages (1100–1500) Dirk Heirbaut and Heikki Pihlajamäki 4 From Ius Commune Multi-normativity to a Sovereign Legislator (1500–1650) Adolfo Giuliani 5 1650–1775 Jean-Louis Halpérin 6 Revolutionary Period and Nineteenth Century (1776–1900) Aniceto Masferrer and C.H. van Rhee 7 Contemporary Period (1900–Present) Olivier Moréteau, Agustín Parise and Jacques Vanderlinden† Index
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Brill A Companion to Western Legal Tradition: From Antiquity to the Twentieth Century
Book SynopsisThis volume offers an extensive introduction to Western legal traditions from antiquity to the twentieth century. Drawing from a variety of scholarly writings, both in English and in translation, thirteen leading scholars present the current state of western legal history research and pave the way for new debates and future study. This is the ideal sourcebook for graduate students, as it enables them to approach the key questions of the field in an accessible way. Contributors are: Aniceto Masferrer, C.H. (Remco) van Rhee, Seán P. Donlan, Stephan Dusil, Gerald Schwedler, Jean-Louis Halpérin, Jan Hallebeek, Agustín Parise, Heikki Pihlajamäki, Dirk Heirbaut, Bernd Kannowski, Adolfo Giuliani, Olivier Moréteau, and Jacques Vanderlinden.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors Western Legal Traditions: An Introduction Aniceto Masferrer, C.H. van Rhee, Seán P. Donlan and Cornelis Heesters 1 Antiquity (753 bc–565 ad) Jan Hallebeek 2 Early Middle Ages (500–1100) Stephan Dusil, Bernd Kannowski and Gerald Schwedler 3 High and Late Middle Ages (1100–1500) Dirk Heirbaut and Heikki Pihlajamäki 4 From Ius Commune Multi-normativity to a Sovereign Legislator (1500–1650) Adolfo Giuliani 5 1650–1775 Jean-Louis Halpérin 6 Revolutionary Period and Nineteenth Century (1776–1900) Aniceto Masferrer and C.H. van Rhee 7 Contemporary Period (1900–Present) Olivier Moréteau, Agustín Parise and Jacques Vanderlinden† Index
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Earnshaw Books Limited Gunboat Justice White Man White Gun
Book SynopsisForeign gunboats forced China, Japan and Korea to open to the outside world under mid-19th century treaties which included "extraterritoriality", rules forbidding local courts from trying foreigners.
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Little, Brown & Company The Nonsense Factory
Book SynopsisOur trial courts conduct hardly any trials, our correctional systems do not correct, and the rise of mandated arbitration has ushered in a shadowy system of privatised justice. Meanwhile, our legislators can''t even follow their own rules for making rules, while the rule of law mutates into a perpetual state of emergency. The legal system is becoming an incomprehensible farce.How did this happen? In The Nonsense Factory, Bruce Cannon Gibney shows that over the past seventy years, the legal system has dangerously confused quantity with quality and might with legitimacy. As the law bloats into chaos, it staggers on only by excusing itself from the very commands it insists that we obey, leaving Americans at the mercy of arbitrary power. By examining the system as a whole, Gibney shows that the tragedies often portrayed as isolated mistakes or the work of bad actors-police misconduct, prosecutorial overreach, and the outrages of imperial presidencies-are really the inevit
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Princeton University Press Essays on Chinas Legal Tradition
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Edinburgh University Press Roman Law Scots Law and Legal History
Book SynopsisSelected essays by Professor William Gordon on Roman law and Scots law.Table of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgements; ROMAN LAW: 1 Constitutum Possessorium; 2 Acquisition of Ownership by tradition and Acquisition of Possession; 3 Dating the Lex Aquilla; 4 The Actio de Posito Reconsidered; 5 Agency and Roman Law; 6 Observations on "Depositum Irregulare"; 7 The Importance of the iusta causa of tradition; ROMAN LAW AND SCOTS LAW: 8 Roman and Scots Law - the Conditiones si sine Liberis Decesserit; 9 The Interpretation of C 8.55.8; 10 Cinus and Pierre de Belleperche; 11 Roman Law in a Nineteenth Century Scottish Case: Gowans v Christie; 12 Servitudes, Scots Law and Roman Law; 13 Roman Quasi-delicts and Scots Law; 14 Risk in Sale - from Roman to Scots Law; SCOTTISH LEGAL HISTORY: 15 The Right of Women to Graduate in Medicine - Scottish Judicial Attitudes in the Nineteenth Century; 16 Property and Succession Rights; 17 George Joseph Bell - Law Commissioner; 18 Variation and Discharge of Land Obligations; 19 Stair, Grotius and the Sources of Stair's Institutions; 20 The Acts of the Scottish Lords of Council in the Late Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Centuries: Records and Reports; 21 Balfour's Registrum; ROMAN LAW INFLUENCE: 22 Scotland and France. The Legal Connection; 23 A Comparison of the Influence of Roman Law in England and Scotland; 24 The Civil Law in Scotland; GENERAL INTEREST: 25 Scotland as a Mixed Jurisdiction; 26 European Legal History and the Europeanisation of Law; 27 Legal Tradition, with Particular Reference to Roman Law; 28 Bibliography; List of Cases; Index.
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Edinburgh University Press Beyond Dogmatics
Book SynopsisThis book is an important contribution to the current lively debate about the relationship between law and society in the Roman world. This debate, which was initiated by the work of John Crook in the 1960''s, has had a profound impact upon the study of law and history and has created sharply divided opinions on the extent to which law may be said to be a product of the society that created it. This work is a modest attempt to provide a balanced assessment of the various points of view. The chapters within this book have been specifically arranged to represent the debate. It contains an introductory chapter by Alan Watson, whose views on the relationship between law and society have caused some controversy. In the remaining chapters a distinguished international group of scholars address this debate by focusing on studies of law and empire, codes and codification, death and economics, commerce and procedure. This book does not purport to provide a complete survey of Roman private law in light of RomaTable of ContentsCONTENTS; Preface; List of Contributors; List of Abbreviations; DEBATES AND CONTEXTS; Introduction: Themes and Literature; J . Cairns and P J du Plessis; 1 Law and Society; A Watson; LAW AND EMPIRE; 2 Legal Pluralism and the Roman Empires; K Tuori; 3 Diplomatics, Law and Romanization in the Documents from the Judaean Desert; E A Meyer; LAW CODES AND CODIFICATION; 4 Roman Law Codes and the Roman Legal Tradition; J Harries; 5 Diocletian and the Efficacy of Public Law; R Rees; DEATH, ECONOMICS AND SUCCESSION; 6 The Dutiful Legatee: Pliny, Letters V.1; A D E Lewis; 7 The Hereditability of Locatio Conductio; P J du Plessis; COMMERCE AND LAW; 8 Dealing with the Abyss: the Nature and Purpose of the Rhodian Sea-Law on Jettison (Lex Rhodia de Iactu, D 14.2) and the Making of Justinian's Digest; J-J Aubert; 9 Suing the Paterfamilias: Theory and Practice; D Johnston; PROCEDURE;; 10 Lawsuits in Context; E Metzger; 11 The Role of Delators; O F Robinson; Index.
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Edinburgh University Press The Community of the College of Justice
Book SynopsisHow important can a court and its members be in influencing the development of a country? In Scotland's case, the answer is surprising. This study investigates the important role of College members in the cultural and economic flowering of Scotland as a whole, and Edinburgh in particular.
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Edinburgh University Press New Frontiers
Book SynopsisRoman law as a field of study is rapidly evolving to reflect new perspectives and approaches in research. Scholars who work on the subject are increasingly being asked to conduct research in an interdisciplinary manner whereby Roman law is not merely seen as a set of abstract concepts devoid of any background, but as a body of law which operated in a specific social, economic and cultural context. This context-based, ''law and society'' approach to the study of Roman law is an exciting new field which legal historians must address.This interdisciplinary collection focuses on three larger themes which have emerged from these studies: Roman legal thought the interaction between legal theory and legal practice and the relationship between law and economics.
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Edinburgh University Press Lord Kames
Book SynopsisRe-establishes the importance of the ideas and legal philosophy of Scottish jurist and philosopher Lord Kames. This book explains Kames' conceptions of legal philosophy, including black letter law, legal science, legal theory, legal sociology and anthropology in its early stages, setting them in the context of the Scottish Enlightenment.
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