This much appreciated work traces the development and absorption of Roman Law into western European systems, the nature and practice of feudalism and customary law, and the growth of the canon law. The focus of the book gravitates naturally towards the heart of Europe, the Italian peninsular, France and Germany, but attention is also paid to the evolution of the Scottish and English systems.

1. The background 2. Feudal Law 3. The Glossators 4. The Commentators 5. Canon Law 6. The Law Merchant 7. The IUS Commune 8. The Common Law of England 9. Feudal Scotland 10. Humanism and Reformation 11. Law in Germany 12. The Development of French Law 13. The Seventeenth Century 14. The Making of Scots Law 15. Enlightenment and Codification 16. Codification in the Nineteenth Century 17. New Trends in Law, 1815-1914 18. The Twentieth Century and on Appendices Index

O. F. Robinson , Reader in Law, University of Glasgow, T. D. Fergus , Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Glasgow, W. M. Gordon , Douglas Professor of Civil Law Emeritus, University of Glasgow