The Old Law of Bizkaia (1452)
Subtitle: introductory study and critical edition
By: [compiled, edited, and annotated] by Gregorio Monreal Zia ; translated by William A. Douglass and Linda White ; preface by William A. Douglass.
Contributors: Monreal Zia, Gregorio.; Douglass, William A.; White, Linda, 1949-; Vizcaya (Spain).
Series: Basque classics series -- no. 1.; Basque classics series -- no. 1.
Publisher: Center for Basque Studies, University of Nevada, Reno
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Reno, Nev
Language: eng
Number of pages: 359
Subjects: Law -- Spain -- Vizcaya -- Sources
Genres: Sources.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-321) and index.
Table of contents: title: A geopolitical overview; title: Juridical romanization, Castillian royal law and Bizkaian law; title: Antecedents of the Old Law (Fuero Viejo); title: Fundamental reasons for elaborating the Old Law (1452); title: Writing the Old Law; title: Transcriptions of Old Law texts; title: Editions of the Old Law; title: The need for a critical edition of the Old Law; title: The language of the Old Law; title: An Old Law of Albedrío; title: The personal scope of the Old Law : hidalgos and labradores; title: The territorial scope of the Old Law : the singular problem of the villas; title: The seigniory of Bizkaia's Foundational Pact; title: The community; title: The lord and his oath; title: The relationship between the community and its lord : the pase foral; title: The administration of justice; title: Penal law; title: Legal procedure; title: The nature of property; title: The family, matrimony and matrimonial rights in property; title: Inheritance; title: From the Old Law to the New Law (Fuero Nuevo).