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  • Roman Law, Contemporary Law, European Law: The Civilian Tradition Today

    Roman Law, Contemporary Law, European Law by Zimmermann, Reinhard;

    The Civilian Tradition Today

    Series: Clarendon Law Lectures;

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    • Publisher OUP Oxford
    • Date of Publication 29 March 2001

    • ISBN 9780198299134
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages218 pages
    • Size 225x145x17 mm
    • Weight 378 g
    • Language English
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    Short description:

    This book contains the text on which Professor Zimmermann's Clarendon Lectures at the University of Oxford in October 1999 were based.

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    Long description:

    Legal history helps us to understand our modern law. It explains why the law has become what it is. It lays open the premises on which the modern law is based. It constitutes a rich source of experience which is as valuable for the development of modern legal doctrines as for law reform. It may also reveal where a wong turn has been taken and thus prevent us from repeating an error. Today, however, historical legal scholarship has acquired an added significance in view of the Europeanization of private law and private law scholarship. It enables us to see the common ground between our modern national legal sustems and to understand existing differences. It makes us aware of the fact that the law has not developed in national isolation and can, therefore, not properly be understood under purely national auspices. It constitutes the foundation for scholarship in comparative law and paves the way towards re-establishing a European legal culture.
    The focus of these Clarendon lectures is on the "vital connection that ties the present to the past" (Savigny) and on the link between legal history, modern legal doctrine, and comparative law. They aim to recreate an awareness of a fundamental intellectual unity based on a common tradition. Such awareness is of central importance to sustain the process of a Europeanization of private law which we experience today.
    Lecture One: The End of an Era: Transformation of Scholarship in Roman Law
    Lecture Two: The Transition from Civil Law to Civil Code: Dawn of a New Era?
    Lecture Three: A Change in Perspective: European Private Law and its Historical Foundations

    ... Zimmermann argues with his well-known authority, enthusiasm and style ... valuable footnotes ... Tracing the development of German law by analysing the decisions of the Imperial Court, makes fascinating reading for an audience trained in common law and who may not expect such rigorous interest in court cases in the civilian tradition. ...Though the work essentially informs us more about German law, it is a real contribution to the convergence debate that challenges the divergence thesis.

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    Table of Contents:

    Introduction
    The End of an Era: Transformation of Scholarship in Roman Law
    The Transition from Civil Law to Civil Code in Germany: Dawn of a New Era
    A Change in perspective: European Private Law and its Historical Foundations
    Final Observations
    Index

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