Law & equity : approaches in Roman law and Common law / edited by E. Koops & W.J. Zwalve.

In Law & Equity, specialists in the field examine the curious dual structure that shaped the law of England and Rome. Why did this dual structure come about and how did it influence historical developments in substantive law?

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Koops, E. (Egbert) (Editor), Zwalve, Willem Jans (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, [2014]
Series:	Legal history library ; volume 10. Legal history library. Studies in the history of private law ; volume 5.
Subjects:	Equity > Great Britain > History. Equity (Roman law) Common law > History. LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice. Common law Equity Billigkeit Ius civile Ius honorarium Equity. Romeins privaatrecht. England. Civil law. Common law. Roman law. Great Britain History Congressen (vorm)
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Table of Contents:

Introduction : the equity phenomenon / W.J. Zwalve and E. Koops
The equity of the law : law and equity since Justinian / W.J. Zwalve
The equity of the common law courts / P. Brand
A house built on sand : equity in early modern English law / D. Ibbetson
Arbitrary chancellors and the problem of predictability / M. Macnair
Equity's connivance in the evasion of legal formalities / J. Cartwright
Ius honorarium, equity and real security : parallel lines of legal development / H.L.E. Verhagen
Rescission of contracts : was Roman law more consistent than English law? / F. Brandsma
Law and equity at odds : liability of a principal for accidental losses suffered by his agent / W.J. Zwalve.

Law & equity : approaches in Roman law and Common law / edited by E. Koops & W.J. Zwalve.

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