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

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

Zimmermann, Reinhard

Hardcover

Series: Clarendon Law Lectures

General LawGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 0198299133
ISBN13: 9780198299134
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Jun 7 2001
Pages: 218
Weight: 0.87
Height: 0.74 Width: 6.20 Depth: 8.34
Language: English
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 wrong 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 systems 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.

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