Book contents
- The Story of Constitutions
- Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy
- The Story of Constitutions
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Prologue
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Constitutional Diffusion
- Part II The History of the Constitution
- 4 Precursors
- 5 Etched into Collective Memory
- 6 Roman Roots
- 7 Mediaeval Constitutions
- 8 Early-Modern Constitutions
- 9 Generations
- 10 Second Generation
- 11 Third Generation
- 12 Fourth Generation
- 13 Fifth Generation
- 14 Sixth Generation
- 15 The Seventh Generation
- 16 The Eighth Generation
- 17 What Are the Lessons of History?
- Part III Concepts, Shapes and Types of Constitutions
- Part IV Effects
- Part V The Imagined Order of the Constitution
- References
- Name & Author Index
- Subject Index
6 - Roman Roots
from Part II - The History of the Constitution
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 October 2023
Book contents
- The Story of Constitutions
- Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy
- The Story of Constitutions
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Prologue
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Constitutional Diffusion
- Part II The History of the Constitution
- 4 Precursors
- 5 Etched into Collective Memory
- 6 Roman Roots
- 7 Mediaeval Constitutions
- 8 Early-Modern Constitutions
- 9 Generations
- 10 Second Generation
- 11 Third Generation
- 12 Fourth Generation
- 13 Fifth Generation
- 14 Sixth Generation
- 15 The Seventh Generation
- 16 The Eighth Generation
- 17 What Are the Lessons of History?
- Part III Concepts, Shapes and Types of Constitutions
- Part IV Effects
- Part V The Imagined Order of the Constitution
- References
- Name & Author Index
- Subject Index
Summary
Roman law persists after the fall of Rome, not only governing private/business-relations, but also as the basis for the Western European legal order. When it comes down to the law the Roman Empire lived on as a virtual empire (of the imagination) more than a millennium after the actual fall of the physical empire in the West. Roman law was studied, codified and used as if the Empire was still there.
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- The Story of ConstitutionsDiscovering the We in Us, pp. 98 - 103Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023