5. The Legal Tradition

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. 1. Clio and Themis 1
6. 2. The "New History" of the Restoration 13
7. 3. In the Wake of Revolution 28
8. 4. History and the Civil Code 41
9. 5. The Legal Tradition 56
10. 6. The German Impulse 72
11. 7. La Tbemis 85
12. 8. A Pléiade of Legal Historians 93
13. 9. Michelet and the Law 101
14. 10. Between History and Reason 113
15. 11. The Question of Property 127
16. 12. The End of the "New History" 139
17. Notes 149
18. Index 179