Legal Tradition of Eastern Europe. Its Rise and Demise
Tomasz Giaro
The historical foundations of European legal identity are multiple in character. Usually the stress lies on distinction between British common law and civil continent. However, within latter area gradually disappearing division Eastern Western Europe must also be remembered. In high middle ages Christianization colonization, which signified reception Canon German town law, bound new post-Carolingian to West. Only during early modern times unity was broken up because subjugation South-eastern by Ottomans rejection Roman East Central Europe. Polish Hungarian noble democracy, unable confront absolutism its neighbours, followed political decline region. As a result, homogeneity continent could accomplished only 19th century, when doctrine were transferred wholesale East. Nowadays tensions reveal clearly vanishing trend.
Comparative Law Review