Book contents
- Empire of Law
- Cambridge Studies in European Law and Policy
- Empire of Law
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Legal Refugees from Nazi Germany and the Idea of Liberty
- 3 Redefining the Rule of Law, Jurisprudence and the Totalitarian State
- 4 The Long Legal Tradition and the European Heritage in Nazi Germany
- 5 Reconfiguring European Legal Tradition after the War
- 6 The European Narrative and the Tradition of Rights
- 7 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
1 - Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 March 2020
Book contents
- Empire of Law
- Cambridge Studies in European Law and Policy
- Empire of Law
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Legal Refugees from Nazi Germany and the Idea of Liberty
- 3 Redefining the Rule of Law, Jurisprudence and the Totalitarian State
- 4 The Long Legal Tradition and the European Heritage in Nazi Germany
- 5 Reconfiguring European Legal Tradition after the War
- 6 The European Narrative and the Tradition of Rights
- 7 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The purpose of this book is to explore the emergence of this idea of a shared European legal tradition as the dominant theory of understanding the past and the future of law in Europe during the postwar period. This entails tracing the role that was given to Roman law as the foundation of European law and the shared legacy it provided. Central figures in this transformation were scholars like Franz Wieacker and Paul Koschaker, who would, based on very different positions, be instrumental in the coming resurgence of both the Roman law tradition and the idea of a shared European heritage in law.
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- Empire of LawNazi Germany, Exile Scholars and the Battle for the Future of Europe, pp. 1 - 39Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020