European Law in the Past and the Future: Unity and Diversity Over Two Millennia

by R.C. Caenegem and R.C. van Caenegem

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521006481
• ISBN13: 9780521006484
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"