Redefining Codification
a comparative history of civil, commercial, and procedural codes
$571.99
- Hardcover
480 pages
- Release Date
23 April 2025
Summary
Redefining Codification: A Comparative Legal History
More than half the world’s population lives under law codes. Yet, defining codification remains elusive. Rather than abstract theories, this book provides a rich, contextual comparative legal history of codes in France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgium from the late eighteenth century to the present.
The author examines the evolution of French, German, Dutch, and Belgian codes in their political and comparative contex…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780198947363 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0198947364 |
| Author: | Dirk Heirbaut |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 23 April 2025 |
| Weight: | 850g |
| Dimensions: | 240mm x 165mm x 32mm |
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About The Author
Dirk Heirbaut
Dirk Heirbaut is a senior full professor at Ghent University specialized in comparative legal history. His research covers medieval feudal and customary law, the comparative history of private law codifications, and Belgian private law since Napoleon. He is a member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts and the Academia Europaea and was a founding vice-president of the European Society for Comparative Legal History. He has been a guest researcher and professor at various universities and received the Eike von Repgow Prize in 2014.
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