Sources of Law, Legal Change, and Ambiguity / / Alan Watson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Watson, Alan,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016]; ©1984
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (192 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Abbreviations --; Introduction --; I. Sources of Law in Ancient Rome --; II. Europe before the Reception: The Example of Germany and Northern France --; III. Reception and Partial Reception: Italy, France, and Scotland --; IV.English Law in the Modern Age --; V. Legal Department and Confusion of Sources --; VI. Two-Tier Law --; Notes --; Afterword to the 1998 Edition --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781512821567; 9783110442526
• DOI: 10.9783/9781512821567
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Alan Watson.

Why is the law notoriously unclear, arcane, slow to change in the face of changing circumstances? In this sweeping comparative analysis of the lawmaking process from ancient Rome to the present day, Alan Watson argues that the answer has largely to do with the mixed ancestry of modern law, the confusion of sources-custom, legislation, scholarly writing, and judicial precedent-from which it derives.