The Making of Modern Property - Reinventing Roman Law in Europe and its Peripheries 1789–1950 (Hardcover)

In this original intellectual history, Anna di Robilant traces the history of one of the most influential legal, political, and intellectual projects of modernity: the appropriation of Roman property law by liberal nineteenth-century jurists to fit the purposes of modern Europe. Drawing from a wealth of primary sources, many of which have never been translated into English, di Robilant outlines how a broad network of European jurists reinvented the classical Roman concept of property to support the process of modernisation. By placing this intellectual project within its historical context, she shows how changing class relations, economic policies and developing ideologies converged to produce the basis of modern property law. Bringing these developments to the twentieth century, this book demonstrates how this largely fabricated version of Roman property law shaped and continues to shape debates concerning economic growth, sustainability, and democratic participation.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2023
Authors:	Anna Di Robilant
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	300
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-49477-9
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Comparative law
LSN:	1-108-49477-3
Barcode:	9781108494779

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