Political theory and law in medieval Spain
By: [by] Marie R. Madden ... foreword by Moorhouse I. X. Millar ...
Contributors: Visigoths.; Barcelona (Spain); Tortosa (Spain); Castile (Kingdom). Sovereign (1252-1284 : Alfonso X).
Publisher: Fordham university press
Published: 1930
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
Subjects: Isidore, of Seville, Saint, d. 636; Spain. Cortes; Law -- Spain -- History; Law -- Spain -- Castile -- History; Roman law; Sovereignty; Municipal corporations -- Spain; Spain -- Politics and government
Other titles: Lex Romana Visigothorum.
Notes: Bibliography:  p. 191-194.
Illustrated lining-paper.
Table of contents: title: Principles of the theory:  Doctrines of St. Isidore of Seville which influenced Spanish legal thought.  The Lex Visigothorum or the Forum iudiciorum.  Principles of the Forum iudiciorum, the Usatges of Barcelona and the Costumbres of Tortosa.  Las siete partidas and the influence of the Roman Justinian law.-Administrative machinery:  The kingship.  The councils of the king.  The municipalities.  The Cortes.  Conclusion:  Summary of the Spanish and Roman Justinian principles.