Five Legal Revolutions Since the 17th Century An Analysis of a Global Legal History /

• Main Author: Halpérin, Jean-Louis (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Studies in the History of Law and Justice, 1
• Subjects: Law.; History.; Political science.; Law > Philosophy.; Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.; History, general.; Philosophy of Law.

This book presents an analysis of global legal history in Modern times, questioning the effect of political revolutions since the 17th century on the legal field. Readers will discover a non-linear approach to legal history as this work investigates the ways in which law is created. These chapters l...

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Chapter one What is revolutionary in the legal construction of modern States?
• Chapter two Codification and law reporting: a revolution through systematisation?
• Chapter three Modern Constitutionalism: a chain of revolutions always in progress.- Chapter four Federative law: a fettered revolution?.- Chapter five International or Global Law: An Unachieved Revolution?
• Conclusion
• Index of subjects.