European Law in the Past and Future: Unity and Diversity over Two Millennia

European Law in the Past and Future: Unity and Diversity over Two Millennia
by R. C. Caenegem (Author)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (21 Aug. 2008)
Language: English
Paperback: 184 pages
ISBN-10: 0521006481
ISBN-13: 9780521006484
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Book Description
As Europe moves towards economic and political unification, many wonder why legal unification makes so little headway. In this concise but wide-ranging book, R. C. van Caenegem considers the historical reasons behind this legal diversity. He stresses the importance of the adoption on the Continent – but not in England – of the classical law of the Romans, and shows how the rise of the nation states led to a multitude of national codes of law. The impact of politics on legal development is another key factor, and as a graphic example van Caenegem provides a detailed account of how the German past was extolled in Nazi Germany. The book concludes with a consideration of the ongoing debate on the desirability – indeed, on the possibility – of European legal unification and of a federal constitution for a united Europe.