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 first dealing with the transitional period of fifteenth-century editions of medieval authorities, the second spanning the early modern period from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century, and the third focusing on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The contributors are scholars from all over the world. Each 'old book' is analyzed by a recognized specialist in the specific field of interest. Individual entries give a short biography of the author and discuss the significance of the works in the time and setting of their publication, and in their broader influence on the development of law worldwide. Introductory essays explore the development of Western legal traditions, especially the influence of the English common law, and of Roman and canon law on legal writers, and the borrowings and interaction between them.The book goes beyond the study of institutions and traditions of individual countries to chart a broader perspective on the transmission of legal concepts across legal, political, and geographical boundaries. Examining the branches of this genealogical tree of books makes clear their pervasive influence on modern legal systems, including attempts at rationalizing custom or creating new hybrid systems by transplanting Western legal concepts into other jurisdictions.

The first book in English to examine the historical roots of legal literature and culture across the spectrum of legal traditions Covers some 150 legal works, each analyzed by an internationally recognized specialist in the specific field of interest Includes introductory essays, thematically-based and comparative in outlook, exploring the general features of Western legal literature and culture

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Serge Dauchy , PhD (Ghent 1991), Habilitation Law (Lille 1997), is senior research fellow of the French CNRS and was director of the 'Centre for judicial history' at the University of Lille until 2014. He is Director of the Lille Doctorate School in Legal and Political Sciences since 2009 and professor of legal history at the University Saint-Louis of Brussels.

Georges Martyn , Dr.jur. (Leuven 1996), is professor of legal history at Ghent University since 1999. He was advocaat at the Kortrijk Bar (1992-2009) and is a substitute justice of the peace and honorary member of the Ghent Bar. **
**Anthony Musson , PhD (Cantab 1994) and barrister of the Middle Temple (called 1997) is professor of legal history and Director of the Bracton Centre for Legal History Research at the University of Exeter.
Heikki Pihlajamäki , Dr.jur. (Helsinki 1996), is professor of comparative legal history at the University of Helsinki since 2009. He is an ordinary member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
Alain Wijffels , Dr.jur. (Amst.), PhD (Cantab.), DLitt. (Cantab.), teaches legal history and comparative law at the universities of Louvain-la-Neuve, Leuven and Leiden. He is senior research fellow of the French CNRS and a member of the 'Centre for judicial history' at the University of Lille.

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Preface.- List of Contributors.- Table of Contents.- Chapter 1: General Introduction.- Chapter 2: Law Books during the Transition from Late-Medieval to Early-Modern Legal Scholarship.- 1. GRATIAN, Decretum; Antonia Fiori.- 2. AZO, Summa Aurea; Emanuele Conte.- 3. ACCURSIUS, Standard Gloss; Alain Wijffels.- 4. VON REPGOW, Saxon Mirror; Dirk Heirbaut.- 5. BRACTON, Of the Laws and Customs of England; Nigel Ramsay.- 6. HOSTIENSIS, Summa Aurea; Laurent Waelkens.- 7. DURANTIS, Speculum iudiciale; Beatrice Pasciuta.- 8. BARTOLUS, Commentaries; Ferdinando Treggiari.- 9. BALDUS, Commentary on the Code; Mario Conetto.- 10. BOUTILLIER, Rural summary; Georges Martyn.- 11. PANORMITANUS, Commentaries on the Decretals; Ora-zio Condorelli.- 12. TARTAGNI, Consilia; Andrea Padovani.- 13. LITTLETON, On tenures; Neil Jones.- Chapter 3: Legal Books in the Early Modern Western World.- 14. EVERARDUS, A Book on Topics; Alain Wijffels.- 15. ZASIUS, Individual and New Analyses of Several Pas-sages of Civil Law; Steven Rowan.- 16. ST GERMAN, Doctor and Student; Neil Jones.- 17. OLDENDORP, On Law and Equity; Mathias Schmoeck-el.- 18. ALCIATO, Four Books on the Significance of Words; Susanne Lepsius.- 19. FITZHERBERT, The New Natura Brevium; David J. Seipp.- 20. DUMOULIN, Commentaries on the Custom of Paris; Marie Seong-Hak Kim.- 21. MARANTA, Speculum aureum; Marco Nicola Miletti.- 22. COVARRUBIAS Y LEYVA, Various Solutions; Adolfo Giuliani.- 23. GÓMEZ, Comments on the Laws of Toro; María Paz Alonso Romero.- 24. SOTO, On Justice and Right; Wim Decock.- 25. STRACCA, Treatise on Commerce; Stefania Gialdroni.- 26. DAMHOUDER, Practical Handbook on Criminal Matters; Harald Maihold.- 27. VITORIA, On the Law of War of the Spanish against the Barbarians; Mathias Schmoeckel.- 28. LÓPEZ, The Siete Partidas; Aniceto Masferrer.- 29. CUJAS, Observations and Emendations; Xavier Pré-vost.- 30. PAPON, Collection of Important Cases; Géraldine Ca-zals.- 31. PECK, On Maritime Affairs; Dave De ruysscher.- 32. VÁZQUEZ DE MENCHACA, Controversies; Gustaaf van Nifterik.- 33. MATIENZO, Government of Peru; Víctor Tau Anzoátegui.- 34. BROOKE, La Graunde Abridgement; Margaret McGlynn.- 35. BODIN, The Six Books of Commonwealth; Diego Qua-glioni.- 36. GAIL, Observations; Peter Oestmann.- 37. MENOCHIO, Commentary on Presumptions, Conjec-tures, Signs and Indications; Adolfo Giuliani.- 38. DONEAU, Commentaries on Civil Law; Niels de Bruijn.- 39. DECIANI, Criminal Treatise; Loredana Garlati.- 40. MOLINA, On Justice and Right; Wim Decock.- 41. CASTILLO DE BOBADILLA, Politics for Corregidores; Otto Danwerth.- 42. GENTILI, On the Law of War; Giovanni Minnucci.- 43. DELRIO, Six Books of Investigation into Magic; Peter Oestmann.- 44. HEVIA BOLAÑOS, Philippic Court; Agustín Casa-grande.- 45. FAVRE, Codex Fabrianus; Patrick Arabeyre.- 46. LOISEL, Customary Institutes; Xavier Prévost.- 47. FONTANELLA, Treatise on Nuptial Pacts; Josep Capdeferro.- 48. SUÁREZ, On Laws and God the Legislator; Norbert Brieskorn.- 49. BACON, Example of a Treatise touching Universal Jus-tice; W. Hamilton Bryson.- 50. GROTIUS, On the Law of War and Peace; Alain Wijffels.- 51. CHRISTINAEUS, Decisions; Alain Wijffels.- 52. COKE, Institutes of the Laws of England; Anthony Musson.- 53. SOLÓRZANO PEREIRA, On the Laws of the Indies; Ditlev Tamm.- 54. PÉREZ, Imperial Institutions; António Pérez Martín.- 55. CARPZOV, New Imperial Saxon Practice of Criminal Law; Heikki Pihlajamäki.- 56. SELDEN, The Closure of the Sea; Randall Lesaffer.- 57. MEVIUS, Commentary on the Law of Lübeck; Nils Wurch.- 58. VINNIUS, Commentary on the Institutes; Laura Beck Varela.- 59. CONRING, Commentary on the Origin of German Law; Michael Stolleis.- 60. BARBOSA, Various Legal Dissertations; António Ma-nuel Hespanha.- 61. MATTHAEUS, On Crimes; Georges Martyn.- 62. GROENEWEGEN, A Treatise on the Laws abrogated and no longer in Use in Holland and Neighbouring Regions; Paul J. du Plessis.- 63. VAN LEEUWEN, Abstract of the Roman-Dutch Law; Remco van Rhee.- 64. LUCA, The Theatre of Truth and Justice; Aldo Maz-zacane.- 65. HUBER, On Constitutional Law; Margaret Hewett.- 66. PUFENDORF, On the Law of Nature and of Nations; Kjell Åke Modéer.- 67. MATHEU Y SANZ, Treatise on Criminal Matters; Juan Obarrio.- 68. DALRYMPLE, Institutions of the Law of Scotland; John D. Ford.- 69. DOMAT, The Civil Laws in their Natural Order; Italo Birocchi.- 70. BAS Y GALCERÁN, Theatre of Valencian Case Law; Juan Alfredo Obarrio Moreno.- 71. STRYK, Specimen of the Modern Application of the Pandects; Jan Schröder.- 72. VOET, Commentary on the Pandects; Philipp J. Thomas.- 73. VANESPEN, Universal Ecclesiastical Law; Christoph H.F. Meyer.- 74. EMERIX DE MATTHIS, Decisions of the Sacred Roman Rota; Dolores Freda.- 75. BIJNKE…