Legal evolution is a way of explaining how the law changes. Basically it suggests that a society's law develops along predetermined lines parallel to those of its other institutions. The idea came to prominence in the mid-eighteenth century as a response to the difficulties experienced by theorists in the field of natural law when applying the notion of universal natural rights to different types of society. Professor Stein traces the beginning of the idea and considers the theories of its main exponents in relation to the prevailing legal thought of their times. He examines in particular the special place of Roman law in shaping ideas of legal development. Finally he considers the different types of opposition which Maine's ideas encountered in the late nineteenth century and the attempts to retain the essentials of legal evolution in a modified form.

A scholarly edition of a work by Adam Smith. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.

Since the appearance of the first edition of this book in Germany in 1979 it has established itself as a classic work used by students and anyone interested in German literature. German literature is treated in this book not as a self-contained development according to purely aesthetic laws, but as a phenomenon firmly rooted in the social and political world from which it arises. The power and effectiveness of literary works are assessed according to their relation to the human conditions of the time: do they represent 'reality' or conflict with it? Do they reinforce or disturb complacency? Do they concern themselves with the upper levels of society or with marginal figures? Social forces and their interrelation with the artistic avant-garde are the organising theme of this history, which traces the literary history of Germany from its first beginnings in the Middle Ages to the present day. Readable and stimulating, its achievement is to make the literature of the past as immediate and engaging as the works of the present. This latest edition has been updated to cover the consequences of the reunification of Germany in 1990.

Since the appearance of its first edition in Germany in 1979, A History of German Literature has established itself as a classic work used by students and anyone interested in German literature.
The volume chronologically traces the development of German literature from the Middle Ages to the present day. Throughout this chronology, literary developments are set in a social and political context. This includes a final chapter, written for this latest edition, on the consequences of the reunification of Germany in 1990. Thoroughly interdiscipinary in method, the work also reflects recent developments in literary criticism and history.
Highly readable and stimulating, A History of German Literature succeeds in making the literature of the past as immediate and engaging as the works of the present. It is both a scholary study and an invaluable reference work for students.

From the inspired team behind "Cars Galore" comes a new read-aloud buzzing with nonstop rhymes and swarming with comical retro illustrations.
Bugs, bugs, BUGS galore creep, slither, stink, and squirm; scurry, fly -- ewww, a worm Dig in as a flurry of bugs of every shape, size, and color crawl across the page in a veritable infestation of whimsy and humor. Cars Galore creators Peter Stein and Bob Staake return to thrill (and gross out) bug enthusiasts of all ages, offering an in-the-dirt, high-in-the-sky critter tale sure to leave readers wiggling and stampeding for more.

The study proceeds on the conviction that one of the characteristics of the syntax of a language is the relative frequency with which syntactic constructions occur. 42 translations of the early chapters of Titus Livius' "Ab Urbe condita" into 6 Romance languages from 1323 to the present day are examined from the point of view of the differential incidence of the use of finite and non-finite constructions to express various sentence functions in the languages and epochs under consideration. The data on the construction frequency established in twelve representative texts is presented in table form and subjected to diachronic and synchronic/comparative analysis. This analysis is illustrated, critically evaluated and enriched by an interpretation of the way selected sentences are rendered in the translations. The study proper is prefaced by a discussion of the relevant theoretical and methodological problems and introductory information on the translations. The volume closes with a synopsis of the translation texts.

This is an edition of the first dictionary of a Creole language, compiled in 1767/8, together with a more or less contemporaneous vocabulary of that same language, the Negerhollands spoken on the Virgin Islands, under Danish rule at that period. There are more than 3400 entries, varying greatly in nature and length and ranging from a simple translation of the respective German lemma to extended articles containing examples of phraseology and syntax and also providing metalinguistic commentaries. The dictionary is a major document of the early stages of a Creole language. The same is true to a lesser extent of the vocabulary, which displays obvious Danish influences. Over and above this, the dictionary is also of outstanding value as a testimony of early 18th century lexicography in the German-speaking area.

Roman law has had a huge impact on European legal and political thought. Peter Stein, one of the world's leading legal historians, explains in this masterly short study how this came to be. He assesses the impact of Roman law in the ancient world, and its continued unifying influence throughout medieval and modern Europe. Roman Law in European History is unparalleled in depth, lucidity and authority, and should prove of enormous utility for teachers and students (at all levels) of legal history, comparative law and European Studies.

This is a short and succinct summary of the unique position of Roman law in European culture by one of the world's leading legal historians. Peter Stein's masterly study assesses the impact of Roman law in the ancient world, and its continued unifying influence throughout medieval and modern Europe. Roman Law in European History is unparalleled in lucidity and authority, and should prove of enormous utility for teachers and students (at all levels) of legal history, comparative law and European Studies. Award-winning on its appearance in German translation, this English rendition of a magisterial work of interpretive synthesis is an invaluable contribution to the understanding of perhaps the most important European legal tradition of all.

Look out below Let your creativity soar as toys of all shapes and sizes squeak, zip, and whirl across the page.
If you're game, open up the world's wackiest toy chest, where anything and everything can turn into nonstop, action-packed fun. Once again, Peter Stein's playful verse and Bob Staake's uproarious illustrations come together in an explosion of color and whimsy, while imagination takes center stage as the best toy of all. Toys Galore is one playground you won't want to miss

1m vorliegenden Buch wird ein Verfahren entwickelt, das die vollstandige "Obertragung der Theorie der statisch bestimmten und unbestimmten Tragwerke auf die Losung von linearen gewohnlichen Differentialgleichungen und simultanen Systemen gestattet. Die Grundzuge dieser Methode wurden erstmals in der Antrittsvorlesung, die der Verfasser am 17. Juni 1966 an der Technischen Hoch- schule Wien gehalten hat, mitgeteilt. Die Herausgabe der erweiterten Fassung dieses Vortrages verfolgt mehrere Zwecke. Einmal 5011 das Buch dem Student en als Erganzung der Vorlesung dienen und ihm zeigen, wie mit geringem theoretischem Aufwand auch viele Aufgaben gelost werden konnen, die bei der Anwendung geschlossener Ansatze ein umfang- reiches Studium der spezie11en Losungsmethoden verlangen. Weiterhin solI das Verfahren dem in der Praxis stehenden Ingenieur helfen, die verschiedensten Aufgaben zu behandeln, ohne sich fUr jedes spezie11e Problem immer wieder erneut mit einer besonderen Methode befassen zu mussen, auf deren Erarbeitung der Ingenieur aus Zeitmangel oft verzichten muB. Ein weiterer Grund, diese Arbeit einem groBeren Kreis zuganglich zu machen, ist darin zu suchen, daB mit diesem Verfahren Frageste11ungen behandelt werden konnen, die einer exakten Darste11ung gar nicht zuganglich sind. Auch die Tatsache, daB die mitgeteilte Methode dem Ingenieur die Moglichkeit bietet, in einfacher und anschaulicher Weise die ihm von den Recheninstituten zur Verfugung gestellten Ergebnisse zu uberprufen und zu deuten, war fUr die Drucklegung dieses Verfahrens mitentscheidend.

Von den mittelalterlichen Sangern und Epikern uber Martin Opitz, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Friedrich Schiller und Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, uber Heinrich Heine, Georg Buchner und Bertolt Brecht bis Gunter Grass, Martin Walser, Uwe Tellkamp, Herta Muller und Ursula Krechel. Alle namhaften Schriftsteller sind erfasst: Die Literaturgeschichte fangt Lyrik, Roman, Prosa und andere literarische Gattungen und Stroemungen im Spiegel der Epochen ein, zeigt die Autorinnen und Autoren, ihr Schaffen und den Literaturbetrieb in enger Verflechtung mit dem gesellschaftlichen, kulturellen und politischen Zeitgeist. Ein lebendiges Nachschlagewerk, das durch die gelungene Verknupfung von Text und Illustrationen bei Neugierigen und Kennern gleichermassen fur grosses Lesevergnugen sorgt. - Die Neuauflage schreibt die Kapitel zur Gegenwartsliteratur und zum Literaturbetrieb fort.

Goethe is said to have likened the Roman civil law to a duck: sometimes it is visible, swimming prominently on the surface of the water, at other times it is hidden, diving amid the depths. but it is always there. This may be said to be true not only in continental Europe and Scotland, where Roman law has been a dominant influence, but also in England and the U.S.A., where Roman law has often informed and supplemented Common law. None of the great writers on Common law, with the exception perhaps of Coke, failed to take Roman law in to consideration, especially on the matters of legal theory. Indeed the differences between the two systems can easily be exaggerated. Ne one is better qualified to write on these matters than Peter Stein; this collection of his articles covers both the nature and the tradition of Roman law and ranges from classical to modern times. The Character and Influence of the Roman Civil Law includes discussions of the ethos and principles of Roman law and of their transmission and transformation in medieval and modern times. Attention is drawn to the working of Roman law in San Marinom which retains the uncodified ius commune.Civil lawyers in England whose work is examined include Vacarius, Thomas Smith and Thomas Legge. Roman law in Scotland is looked at in depth, with special consideration for the natural law tradtition there. A piece on the origin of the four stage theory of social development, which grew out of that tradition and was adopted by Adam Smith, appears for the first time. Finally Professor Stein shows the attraction of Roman law to lawyers in the U.S.A. when they were trying to establish their own legal system following Independence.

English summary: With his "Grammatik und Chrestomathie des Sabaischen (SILO 4,1 und 4,2)" (Sabaean grammar and chrestomathy), Peter Stein has published a study of this ancient South Arabian language that does not only present the latest grammatical research, but is also intended to support practical language acquisition with the help of carefully selected Sabaean writings. The grammar makes accessible the essential aspects of the language as far as they are recorded in still available sources. The entire corpus of published Sabaean texts including informal inscriptions on wooden cylinders forms the basis for this study. The book is divided into 14 lessons containing a systematic description of Sabaean writing, phonology, morphology and syntax. It also covers historical linguistic and dialectic developments as well as formal aspects of the written recordings. Various quotes from the different text genres are provided as examples, and practical exercises complement each lesson. Due to the addition of detailed directories and an extensive comments section including further discussion and bibliographic references, the book can also be considered as a reference grammar of the Sabaean language. German description: Mit Grammatik und Chrestomathie des Sabaischen (SILO 4,1 und 4,2) legt Peter Stein ein Lehrwerk dieser altsudarabischen Sprache vor, das nicht nur die Grammatik auf dem neuesten Forschungsstand prasentiert, sondern mit einer sorgfaltigen Auswahl sabaischer Inschriften zugleich der praktischen Vertiefung des Sprachstudiums dient. Die Grammatik erschliesst alle wesentlichen Aspekte der Sprache, soweit sie in den schriftlichen Quellen uberliefert sind. Grundlage bildet das gesamte Corpus veroffentlichter sabaischer Texte einschliesslich des Alltagsschrifttums auf Holzstabchen. In 14 Lektionen bietet das Buch eine systematische Beschreibung der sabaischen Schrift-, Laut-, Formen- und Satzlehre und schliesst auch sprachgeschichtliche und dialektale Entwicklungen sowie formale Aspekte der schriftlichen Uberlieferung mit ein. Die Darstellung wird durch zahlreiche Beispielzitate aus den verschiedenen Textgattungen illustriert, jede Lektion wird durch einen Ubungsteil erganzt. Ausfuhrliche Verzeichnisse und der umfangreiche Anmerkungsteil mit weiterfuhrenden Diskussionen und bibliographischen Hinweisen machen das Buch uberdies zu einer Referenzgrammatik der sabaischen Sprache.