European legal history
The European Legal History is an interdisciplinary research that both the circle of law and the science of history is attributed and is primarily concerned with the (historic) Comparative Law European legal systems concerned. It is taught as a basic subject at law faculties and supplements the classic legal history disciplines of German and Roman legal history with a European dimension. Against the background of European unification , the history of European law is becoming increasingly important.
European legal history examines the law in Europe from antiquity through the Middle Ages and the early modern period to European unification. It is Europe not as a geographical or political area, but as ill-defined legal area to understand. Therefore, the legal history of Europe is increasingly viewed from a global historical perspective. All areas of law are examined, i.e. private law as well as criminal law and public law , in particular constitutional law and modern European law .
literature
- Helmut Coing: European Private Law , Munich 1985.
- Paolo Grossi: Law in European History , Munich 2010.
- Uwe Wesel: History of Law in Europe , Munich 2010.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Thomas Duve, From European Legal History to a Legal History of Europe in a Global Historical Perspective. In: Rechtsgeschichte 20 (2012), pp. 18–71.