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Medieval Law and the Foundations of the State

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2002
ISBN
9780198219583, 019821958X
LCC
KJ147 .H37 2002
Open Library ID
OL3947993M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1572732 bytes)
Pages
404\404
Topic
Jurisprudence Law
Library
mexmat
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

"The State" is the most powerful of political ideas but where does it come from? This broad-ranging new study traces the history of the word and the concept back to the systems of law and justice created by medieval kings and shows how legal institutions acquired political force.

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