Introduction: The Making of Law in Europe

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction: The Making of Law in Europe 1
4. PART ONE: Ancient Times
5. 1. Roman Law: Now You See It, Now You Don’t 13
6. 2. The Creation of Latin Christendom 34
7. PART TWO: The Early Middle Ages
8. 3. An Age with No Jurists? 47
9. 4. Lords, Emperors, and Popes around the Year 1000 62
10. PART THREE: The Later Middle Ages
11. 5. The Birth of a European Ius Commune 75
12. 6. The Birth of an English Common Law 93
13. PART FOUR: The Early Modern Period
14. 7. Crisis and Reaffirmation of Ius Commune 119
15. 8. Crisis and Reinvention of Common Law 131
16. 9. From Ius Gentium to Natural Law: Making European Law Universal I 152
17. PART FIVE: Modernity
18. 10. North American Developments 167
19. 11. The French Revolution 183
20. PART SIX: The Nineteenth Century
21. 12. Codifying the Laws of Europe: Making European Law Universal II 207
22. 13. Codifying Common Law 217
23. Epilogue: A Market, a Community, and a Union 231
24. Notes 245
25. Further Reading 255
26. Acknowledgments 279
27. Index 281