Antonio Padoa-Schioppa

With its roots in ancient Greece, Roman law and Christianity, European legal history is the history of a common civilisation. The exchange of legislative models, doctrines and customs within Europe included English common law and has been extensive from the early middle ages to the present time. Meer

No enquiry into the making of the modern European state can ignore the part played by law. This book explores how states availed themselves of juridical techniques in order to mould their institutions, take control over their territory, and exercise power over their subjects. Meer