Roman Law in European History

Peter Stein0521643724, 9780521643726, 0521643791

Roman law has had a huge impact on European legal and political thought. Peter Stein, one of the world’s leading legal historians, explains in this masterly short study how this came to be. He assesses the impact of Roman law in the ancient world, and its continued unifying influence throughout medieval and modern Europe. Roman Law in European History is unparalleled in depth, lucidity and authority, and should prove of enormous utility for teachers and students (at all levels) of legal history, comparative law and European Studies.

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Table of contents :
Cover……Page 1
Half-title……Page 3
Title……Page 5
Copyright……Page 6
Contents……Page 7
Abbreviations……Page 9
Chronology……Page 10
CHAPTER 1 Introduction……Page 13
1 THE LAW OF THE TWELVE TABLES……Page 15
2 LEGAL DEVELOPMENT BY INTERPRETATION……Page 19
3 THE PRAETOR AND THE CONTROL OF REMEDIES……Page 20
4 THE IUS GENTIUM AND THE ADVENT OF JURISTS……Page 24
5 THE EMPIRE AND THE LAW……Page 26
6 THE JURISTS IN THE CLASSICAL PERIOD……Page 28
7 THE ORDERING OF THE LAW……Page 30
8 THE CULMINATION OF CLASSICAL JURISPRUDENCE……Page 32
9 THE DIVISION OF THE EMPIRE……Page 34
10 POST-CLASSICAL LAW AND PROCEDURE……Page 36
11 THE END OF THE WESTERN EMPIRE……Page 41
12 JUSTINIAN AND THE CORPUS IURIS……Page 44
FURTHER READING……Page 48
1 ROMAN LAW AND GERMANIC LAW IN THE WEST……Page 50
2 CHURCH AND EMPIRE……Page 53
3 THE REDISCOVERY OF THE DIGEST……Page 55
4 THE CIVIL LAW GLOSSATORS……Page 57
5 CIVIL LAW AND CANON LAW……Page 61
6 THE ATTRACTION OF THE BOLOGNA STUDIUM……Page 64
7 THE NEW LEARNING OUTSIDE ITALY……Page 66
8 APPLIED CIVIL LAW: LEGAL PROCEDURE……Page 69
9 APPLIED CIVIL LAW: LEGISLATIVE POWER……Page 71
10 CIVIL LAW AND CUSTOM……Page 73
11 CIVIL LAW AND LOCAL LAWS IN THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY……Page 76
12 THE SCHOOL OF ORLEANS……Page 79
FURTHER READING……Page 80
1 THE COMMENTATORS……Page 83
2 THE IMPACT OF HUMANISM……Page 87
3 HUMANISM AND THE CIVIL LAW……Page 88
4 THE CIVIL LAW BECOMES A SCIENCE……Page 91
5 THE ORDERING OF THE CUSTOMARY LAW……Page 95
6 THE BARTOLIST REACTION……Page 97
7 THE RECEPTION OF ROMAN LAW……Page 98
8 THE RECEPTION IN GERMANY……Page 100
9 COURT PRACTICE AS A SOURCE OF LAW……Page 104
10 CIVIL LAW AND NATURAL LAW……Page 106
11 CIVIL LAW AND INTERNATIONAL LAW……Page 108
12 THEORY AND PRACTICE IN THE NETHERLANDS……Page 109
FURTHER READING……Page 113
1 ROMAN LAW AND NATIONAL LAWS……Page 116
2 THE MATURE NATURAL LAW……Page 119
3 THE CODIFICATION MOVEMENT……Page 122
4 EARLY CODIFICATIONS IN GERMANY AND AUSTRIA……Page 123
5 POTHIER AND THE FRENCH CIVIL CODE……Page 126
6 THE GERMAN HISTORICAL SCHOOL……Page 127
7 PANDECT-SCIENCE AND THE GERMAN CIVIL CODE……Page 131
8 NINETEENTH-CENTURY LEGAL SCIENCE OUTSIDE GERMANY……Page 135
9 ROMAN LAW IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY……Page 140
FURTHER READING……Page 142
Index……Page 145