Medieval Law and the Foundations of the State

The State is the most powerful of political ideas but where does it come from? This broad-ranging new study traces the history of the word and the concept back to the systems of law and justice created by medieval kings and shows how legal institutions acquired political force.


Author: Alan Harding
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 03/21/2002
Pages: 410
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.67lbs
Size: 9.58h x 6.44w x 1.08d
ISBN: 9780198219583

Review Citation(s):
Choice 11/01/2002 pg. 552

This title is not returnable