Modern Private Law History (with a focus on the development of Germany, two volumes)

Author: (German) Vyvichel, translated by Chen Aie, Huang Jianhui
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Publishing Date: 2006-01-01
Features: From the Middle Ages to the 1960s, from the status of the legal profession, the types of legal literature, judicial and legislative practices to the philosophical and legal thought background, Vyvichel traces the origins of modern private law in A History of Modern Private Law with a Focus on Germany, and looks forward to its subsequent development. The scope is broad, yet the narrative is delicate and elegant. With unwavering perseverance, masterful skill, and extraordinary passion, Vyvichel accomplished the following plan: to narrate a story of the development of European legal thought based on original private law materials, from the medieval Bologna to the present. Another achievement of this classic work lies in its elucidation of the continuous interaction between legal thought and general philosophical thought, such as Scholasticism and medieval legal science, the Enlightenment and natural law, and classicism and Savigny's historical school.