European Law in the Past and the Future: Unity and Diversity over Two Millennia
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R. C. van Caenegem (Author)
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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.
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- Contributor: R. C. van Caenegem
- Imprint: Cambridge University Press
- ISBN13: 9780521809382
- Number of Pages: 184
- Packaged Dimensions: 143x224x18mm
- Packaged Weight: 360
- Format: Hardback
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Release Date: 2001-12-13
- Binding: Hardback
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