Legal history in Belgium
Dirk Heirbaut
This article deals with the situation of legal history in Belgium. However, it is neither a survey research done by Belgian historians nor bibliography history. For that, reader can be referred to John Gilissen’s 1971 bibliography1 and later articles about Low Countries Paul Nève2 Laurens Winkel3 Zeitschrift für neuere Rechtsgeschichte most all Xavier Rousseaux’s Crime, justice et droit4, which new expanded version forthcoming. Therefore, footnotes bibliographical references will kept minimum this text. Needless say, following cannot perfect account Belgium, but only short introduction teaching its general structures A final introductory remark that not deal study Roman law Antiquity, even though at universities mentioned. I. The historical determinants Belgium is, as one might expect, large extent determined history5. country itself may fairly recent creation, roots go back Middle Ages. After fall Empire there was little indicate once would come into existence. territories were become part Merovingian Carolingian kingdoms said have formed their heartl
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