The Birth of European Legal History
Randall Lesaffer
The chapter explores the emergence of European legal history in years after Second World War through an analysis Paul Koschaker’s seminal work, Europa und das römisches Recht. Whereas rise a discourse gels with integration, argues that its roots are rather to be found attempt salvage study Roman private law from crisis it had fallen into at German schools during interbellum. By highlighting enduring role experience for formation tradition, he hoped give new relevance students. further surveys gradual widening towards other subjects than law, particular 1970s and 1980s.
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