Contents

Foreword by Kenneth Pennington ix

Preface to the American Edition xi

Preface to the 1991 Edition xv

Preface to the First Edition xvii

1. National Codifications: Triumph and Crisis 1

2. Perpugnam sine iustitia∖ An Age without Jurists 34

3. Ius commune in Europe 55

4. Iusproprium in Europe 78

5. The University in Europe and the Ius commune 112

6. Legal Science: Forms of Exposition and

Techniques OfDifIusion 126

7. The System of the Iuscommune 149

8. In Time and Space 203

Bibliographical Note 237

Index 241