Interpretation of law in the Age of Enlightenment
Subtitle: from the rule of the king to the rule of law
By: edited by Morigiwa Yasutomo, Michael Stolleis, Jean-Louis Halpérin
Series: Law and philosophy library -- v.95; Law and philosophy library -- v.95.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Dordrecht; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
ISBN-13: 9789400715059; 9789400715066
Subjects: Law; Interpretation and construction
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Introduction.; title: Judicial interpretation in transition from the ancien régime to constitutionalism / Michael Stolleis; title: Part II. The Case Of France. Legal  interpretation in France under the reign of Louis XVI :  a review of the Gazette des tribunaux / Jean-Louis Halpérin; title: Legal interpretation and the use of legal literature in 18th century law reports of the "parlement" de Flandre / Serge Dauchy; title: Part III. The Case Of Germany. The object of interpretation : legislation and competing normative sources of law in Europe during the 16th to 18th centuries / Heinz Mohnhaupt; title: The concept and means of legal interpretation in the 18th century / Jan Schröder; title: "Needs"-pandectists between norm and reality / Hans-Peter Haferkamp; title: Part IV. The Nature Of Legal Interpretation.; title: Interpretation by another name / Morigiwa Yasutomo; title: What is interpretation of the law for the French judge? / Michel Troper; title: The craft of legal interpretation / W. Bradley Wendel; title: Part V. Concluding Remarks. Legal interpretation in 18th century Europe : doctrinal debates versus political change / Jean-Louis Halpérin.