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Tables of Contents for Legislation and Justice
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1. Hierarchy and Jurisdiction: Models in Medieval Canon Law
1
16
Antonio Padoa-Schioppa
1.1 Introduction
1
1
1.2 Late-Antique Origins
2
2
1.3 Early Medieval Origins
4
2
1.4 Gregorian Reform
6
3
1.5 The Classical Period of Canon Law: Papal Jurisdiction
9
2
1.6 The Classical Period of Canon Law: Papal Legislation
11
3
1.7 Conclusion
14
3
2. The officium in Medieval Ecclesiastical Law as a Prototype of Modern Administration
17
20
Udo Wolter
2.1 Themes and Arguments
17
6
2.2 The Medieval Idea of Ecclesiastical Office (officium ecclesiasticum)
23
9
2.3 The Medieval Offices of Official and Vicar-General
32
3
2.4 Conclusions
35
2
3. Legislation, Justice, and Political Power in Italian Cities, 1200-1400
37
20
Mario Sbriccoli
3.1 Premise
37
2
3.2 New Society and Old Powers: Civitas dat iurisdictionem
39
7
3.3 The Judicial Legitimization of Power
46
6
3.4 The Statute as `Flexible Constitution'
52
5
4. Royal ordonnances in Medieval France
57
16
Andre Gouron
4.1 Introduction
57
1
4.2 Definition and Terminology
58
1
4.3 Origins and Development
59
2
4.4 Content
61
5
4.5 Language and Sources
66
4
Appendix: Editions of the Royal ordonnances in Medieval France
70
3
5. Issues at Stake in the Development of the State: Devising and Drafting the Law in Fourteenth-Century France
73
30
Albert Rigaudiere
5.1 Introduction
73
3
5.2 Devising the Law
76
14
5.3 Writing the Law
90
13
6. The Formation of the English Legal System, 1150-1400
103
20
Paul Brand
6.1 Introduction
103
1
6.2 The Creation and Early Development of a Royal Judicial System
104
14
6.3 The Creation of the English Common Law and the Legislative Activities of the Later Medieval English State
118
3
6.4 Conclusions
121
2
7. The Holy Roman Empire as a Legal System
123
8
Dietmar Willoweit
8. The Centralization of Justice and the Formation of a Judicial Hierarchy in the Early Modern State: The Principality of Hesse
131
28
Karin Nehlsen-von Stryk
8.1 Introduction
131
5
8.2 The Struggle of the Princes of Hesse against Medieval Supra-Territorial Judicial Structures
136
11
8.3 The Construction of the Prince's Central Court
147
12
9. The Operation of Royal Grace in Castile, 1250-1530, and the Origins of the Council of the Chamber
159
16
Salustiano de Dios
9.1 Introduction
159
1
9.2 From Alfonso X to Pedro I
160
4
9.3 From Juan I to Enrique IV: Royal Grace and Royal Absolutism
164
5
9.4 The Formation of the Camara de Castilla during the Reign of the Catholic Kings
169
2
9.5 The Establishment of the Camara de Castilla, 1516-30
171
1
9.6 By Way of Conclusion
172
3
10. Constitutional Devices Implementing State Power in Poland, 1300-1700
175
22
Wactaw Uruszczak
10.1 Introduction
175
1
10.2 Lex est rex
175
4
10.3 Legislation
179
10
10.4 The Judiciary
189
6
10.5 Conclusion
195
2
11. Church and State in Medieval and Modern Denmark: The Legal Issue
197
14
Kai Horby
11.1 Introduction
197
2
11.2 Medieval Legal History
199
2
11.3 Legislation
201
2
11.4 Jurisdiction
203
2
11.5 The Reformation
205
6
12. Law and the Making of the State in Medieval Sweden: Kingship and Communities
211
18
Thomas Lindkvist
12.1 Introduction: The Making of a State
211
2
12.2 Legislation: The Laws
213
3
12.3 Legislation: The Royal Contribution
216
3
12.4 Communities of Jurisdiction
219
4
12.5 The Judicial Instruments
223
4
12.6 The Communities and the State
227
2
13. Legal Tools of the Public Power in the Netherlands, 1200-1600
229
40
H. de Schepper
J. -M. Cauchies
13.1 Introduction
229
1
13.2 Competing Powers
230
19
13.3 The Princely Power
249
13
13.4 Concluding Observations
262
7
14. The Legal Instruments of Power and the State in Early Modern England
269
22
Clive Holmes
14.1 Introduction
269
1
14.2 The Supremacy of the Centralized National System of Law
270
9
14.3 Law and the Constitution of the State: The Role of the Crown
279
6
14.4 Conclusion: Law and the State in the Eighteenth Century
285
6
15. Royal Power and its Legal Instruments in France, 1500-1800
291
22
Bernard Durand
15.1 Introduction
291
3
15.2 Political Norms and Legal Justification
294
3
15.3 Legislative Power or the Language of Legislation?
297
9
15.4 The Power of Justice and the `Loss' of its Exercise
306
7
16. The Habsburg Monarchy in the Eighteenth Century: The Birth of the Modern Centralized State
313
22
Werner Ogris
16.1 Introduction
313
2
16.2 Political and Constitutional Foundations
315
4
16.3 The Shaping of a Modern State
319
5
16.4 Reform of Administration
324
3
16.5 Civil Servants
327
2
16.6 Legislation
329
5
16.7 Conclusions
334
1
17. Conclusions: Models, Instruments, Principles
335
36
Antonio Padoa-Schioppa
17.1 Introduction
335
2
17.2 The State and the Law
337
1
17.3 Continuity and Discontinuity
338
1
17.4 Unity and Variety
339
1
17.5 The Roman Law Model: Ubiquity and Polyvalence
340
2
17.6 The Canon Law Model: Theory and Institutions
342
1
17.7 Urban Law
343
1
17.8 Feudal Law
344
1
17.9 The New Legal Science and the Independence of Law
345
2
17.10 The Role of Professional Lawyers
347
2
17.11 Forms of Jurisdiction
349
1
17.12 Forms of Legislation
350
2
17.13 The Personal Role of the Sovereign and Secrecy
352
2
17.14 Oaths
354
1
17.15 Specialization
355
1
17.16 Monopoly and Competition
356
2
17.17 Hierarchy
358
1
17.18 Limits to Sovereign Legislative Power
359
2
17.19 State and Church: Towards Separation
361
2
17.20 War and Peace
363
2
17.21 State Law and the Rule of Law
365
2
17.22 Autonomy, Centralism, Federalism
367
4
Bibliography
371
50
List of Contributors
421
4
Index
425