Review
“Fact-filled as this book is, with its myriad names, dates and book titles, the author never allows the reader to lose sight of the trends, tensions, and debates that shped the use of Roman law down through the centuries, ending with the civil codes of the modern European nation states. This is a welcome treatment and guide to its subject.” The Classical Bulletin”In Roman Law in European History, a master gives his readers both an introduction to the law of ancient Rome and an account of how that law lives on, well after the demise of the ancient society.” David V. Snyder, H-Net Reviews”…immensely useful and pleasurable reading…. The entire book will be welcome across many disciplines, but especially to historians and those interested in European culture and its reception of the classical tradition.” Religious Studies Review
Roman law has had a huge impact on European legal and political thought. Peter Stein, one of the world’s leading legal histor (click here for further information)
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