Abstract
This chapter investigates the appropriate methodology for writing doctrinal legal history. It assesses the use of the fashionable diachronic comparative method and compares it to the traditional synchronic comparative method using the historical progress of a specific rule of law as a case study.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Roman Law and European Legal Culture |
Editors | Antoni Dębiński, Maciej Jońca |
Publisher | Catholic University of Lublin Press |
Pages | 42-66 |
Number of pages | 25 |
ISBN (Print) | 9788373635142 |
Publication status | Published - 2008 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- Ius commune, legal history, comparative law, legal doctrine, landlord and tenant.