The Western Codification of Criminal Law A Revision of the Myth of its Predominant French Influence /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Masferrer, Aniceto (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Studies in the History of Law and Justice, 11
• Subjects: Criminal law.; Criminology.; Law-History.; Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law.; Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.; Legal History.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law .

This volume addresses an important historiographical gap by assessing the respective contributions of tradition and foreign influences to the 19th century codification of criminal law. More specifically, it focuses on the extent of French influence - among others - in European and American civil law...