by Peter Stein



Editorial Reviews

Review
"Fact-filled as this book is, with its myriad names, dates and book
titles, the author never allows the reader to lose sight of the trends,
tensions, and debates that shped the use of Roman law down through the
centuries, ending with the civil codes of the modern European nation
states. This is a welcome treatment and guide to its subject." The
Classical Bulletin

"In Roman Law in European History, a master gives his readers both an
introduction to the law of ancient Rome and an account of how that law
lives on, well after the demise of the ancient society." David V. Snyder,
H-Net Reviews

"...immensely useful and pleasurable reading.... The entire book will be
welcome across many disciplines, but especially to historians and those
interested in European culture and its reception of the classical
tradition." Religious Studies Review

Product Description:

Roman law has had a huge impact on European legal and political thought.
Peter Stein, one of the world's leading legal historians, explains in this
masterly short study how this came to be. He assesses the impact of Roman
law in the ancient world, and its continued unifying influence throughout
medieval and modern Europe. Roman Law in European History is unparalleled
in depth, lucidity and authority, and should prove of enormous utility for
teachers and students (at all levels) of legal history, comparative law
and European Studies.

Product Details

Paperback: 148 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (May 13, 1999)
ISBN: 0521643791