The Origins of Western Law from Athens to the Code Napoleon [ 2 volumes ] by Ecklund, John E. / Constance Cryer Ecklund (ed.)

2014. ISBN-13: 9781616193713. ISBN-10: 1616193719. Ecklund, John E., Constance Cryer Ecklund, ed. The Origins of Western Law from Athens to the Code Napoleon. Clark, NJ: Talbot Publishing (an imprint of The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.), 2014. 2 Volumes. xxxiii, 1035 pp. 118 black & white illustrations. ISBN-13: 9781616193713. ISBN-10: 1616193719. Hardcover. New. $195. * The Origins of Western Law from Athens to the Code Napoleon charts the horizon of Western legal origins. Eternal Platonic truths versus the Sophists of individual preferences, medieval Realists against Nominalists, natural lawyers of the 17th and later centuries, Montesquieu and other Enlightenment thinkers fighting through principles and personhood. These and many more figures and ideas come alive in this comprehensive survey of the antecedents of our modern legal system. "This is a magisterial book written by a magisterial man, John Ecklund, and his wife and editor Dr. Constance Cryer Ecklund. The subject, scope, and depth of the book… Read More