Germanic or Roman? Western European Narratives of Legal Origins
Tamar Herzog
For many centuries, the question whether law was Germanic or Roman in origins preoccupied jurists throughout Western Europe. Rather than assuming convergence, entanglements, and mixing, as would often be case today, from 17th into 20th century, these set out to prove that their countries (France, England, German territories, Spain) were of rather Romanic legal tradition. Studying pan-European debates, but centering attention mainly on Spain, aim is answer what do narratives reveal about well identities. Despite local reiteration, can conversations contribute elaboration a European national history? Zitiervorschlag: Herzog, Tamar, Roman? Narratives Legal Origins, in: Rechtsgeschichte - History Rg 28 (2020) 18-30, online: http://dx.doi.org/10.12946/rg28/018-030
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