The oxford handbook of legal history

The Handbook of European Legal History supplies its readers with an overview of the different phases of European legal history in the light of today's state-of-It's rightly described as “a timely compendium” which evaluates legal history and methodology anew adding high academic commentary on the various modes of the This Handbook offers a fascinating compendium of methodological studies from the field of legal history. Some of the most exciting and innovative legal scholarship has been driven by historical curiosity. Legal history today comes in a fascinating array of The book opens with an analysis of the principal actors in the history of international law, namely states, peoples and nations, international organisations and Part I explores the relationship between legal history and other disciplinary perspectives including economic, philosophical, comparative, literary, and