European Legal History

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European Legal History is written by Randall Lesaffer and published by Cambridge University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0521877989 (ISBN 10) and 9780521877985 (ISBN 13).

This historical introduction to the civil law tradition considers the political and cultural context of Europe's legal history from its Roman roots. Political, diplomatic and constitutional developments are discussed, and the impacts of major cultural movements, such as scholasticism, humanism, the Enlightenment and Romanticism, on law and jurisprudence are highlighted.