Roman Law and European Legal History

What does Roman Law offer today? The discussion of the common foundations of European Law is crucial in the framing of modern Europe and the idea of Roman law as a European Ius Commune still plays an important role. This book gives an introduction to basic institutions of Roman Law and a survey of European Legal History from the fall of the Roman Empire till today.

Contents:
Part one: Introduction, 2. Family and the Law, 3. Roman Procedure, 4. Roman law of property, 5. Contracts, 6. Criminal Proceedings and Torts, 7. Succession.
Part two: From Byzantium to Bologna, 2. European Legal Unity and Ius Commune, 3. Natural law and Enlightenment, 4. The period after 1800.