An historical introduction to private law
By: R.C. van Caenegem ; translated by D.E.L. Johnston.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Cambridge [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
Subjects: Civil law -- Europe -- History
Description: An explanation of what produced the private law of the Western world today with particular attention to the origins of the common law-civil law dichotomy, and how it arose that England and the continent of Europe, live under two different legal systems.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-205) and index.
Translation of: Introduction historique au droit privé.