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The Evolution of Law

Alan Watson

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[A] pioneering work... It bids fair to open up a new direction in legal history... This book maintains the scholarly standards of Watson's previous works, and it is certainly one of his most provocative offerings.

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Available
Trim Size
5.375
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8.375
Pages
176
ISBN
9780801839405
Table of Contents

Preface
Chapter 1. The Roman System of Contracts and the Legal Tradition
Chapter 2. Customary Law
Chapter 3. The Cause of the Reception of Roman Law
Chapter 4. Evolution and Revolution
Chapter 5

Preface
Chapter 1. The Roman System of Contracts and the Legal Tradition
Chapter 2. Customary Law
Chapter 3. The Cause of the Reception of Roman Law
Chapter 4. Evolution and Revolution
Chapter 5. Conclusions
Appendix: About the Illustrations
Notes
Glossary
Index

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Alan Watson

Alan Watson is the Ernest P. Rogers Professor and Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Georgia Law School. He is the author of Failures of the Legal Imagination, Slave Law in the Americas, International Law in Archaic Rome, and Roman Slave Law, the last two available from Johns Hopkins.