A Short History of European Law
The Last Two and a Half Millennia

After much frustration in trying to figure out *exactly* how "Roman law" or "Continental law" regimes differ from "common law" regimes, I decided that I needed to turn to the history of these notions. This book provides a clear answer to how these notions differ: there is a difference, but the diffe......more

Of all the fields I am going to be examined on in about a month, I am most concerned for my European Legal History field, as I feel as though I am the least well-versed in the actual history as well as the historiography. I am so grateful to Tamar Herzog for writing what is probably the single most......more

It's a huge task to summarize the entire history of European law in ~250 pages, from Rome to the European Union, but Herzog does it. She unavoidably shortens and generalizes everything, giving (for example) only two chapters to all developments between 1790 and 1950. I'm sure that other scholars fro......more

What’s most fascinating about this book is that it shows that the history of law in Europe is effectively the history of Europe. Treaties, wars, technology, borders, marriages, culture, etc.......more

Also read this book for school......more