Title: The evolution of Western private law
First published: 2001
Description: "In The Evolution of Western Private Law, renowned legal scholar Alan Watson presents a comprehensive overview of legal change in the Western world. Watson explains why and how such change occurs in mature systems, in underdeveloped systems, and when legal systems of different levels of sophistication and from different societal roots - such as those of the Romans and of Germanic tribes - come into contact."--Jacket.
Subjects: History, Law, Roman law, Law, history, Roman law, history
LC classification: K150 .W37 2000