This volume surveys 150 law books of fundamental importance in the history of Western legal literature and culture. The entries are organized in three sections:

The rule of law constitutes the hallmark of contemporary Western society. However, public perceptions and attitudes to the law can vary in space and time. This

Monetary law is essential to the functioning of private transactions and international dealings by the state: nearly every legal transaction has a monetary aspe

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"Global Legal Traditions: Comparative Law for the 21st Century explores four legal traditions from around the world, both Western (German civil law and English