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This chapter describes the life and main contributions of Álvaro d’Ors Pérez-Peix (1915-2004), a great polymath of Spanish education of the twentieth century and a central figure in the development of the University of Navarra in northern... more
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      Ancient HistoryPolitical PhilosophyRoman HistoryTheology
This is an appreciative review of a classic text on medieval church-state relations by the leading medieval historian of his day, Brian Tierney. The text documents the enduring power of medieval struggles for religious freedom and for... more
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      Medieval HistoryModernitySeparation of Church and StatePolitical Thought
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      Critical TheoryOrganizational BehaviorHistoryEuropean History
Georges Ripert is one of the most important and influential French jurists of the 20th century. A respected civilist, dean of the Paris Law Faculty, continuator of Marcel Planiol’s work, author of several essays on contemporary... more
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      Legal HistoryLegal TheoryComparative Legal HistoryCatholicism
L'histoire de la pensée juridique : historiographie, actualité et enjeux 1. Entre toutes les tendances actuelles de l'histoire du droit en France, l'émergence de l'histoire de la pensée juridique en tant que champ de recherche de premier... more
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      Legal EducationBibliometricsLegal HistoryNetwork Analysis
The Magna Carta has an impressive legacy in modern legal thought. The Magna Carta illuminated the importance of legal principles, fair procedures, proportional punishment, official accountability, and respect for human dignity that shaped... more
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      Legal HistoryKing JohnMagna CartaDue process
Twentieth century reform of the American law of evidence was initially premised on the ideals of legal progressivism, ideals splintered by American legal realism. In preparing the American Law Institute's Model Code of Evidence from... more
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      Legal HistoryLegal ReformLegal RealismEvidence
This piece, very much also reflection own shortcomings and hoping to contribute to debate of what the focus should be after the Russia-Ukraine war, is about why the enthusiasm of the Soviet empire collapsing may have led to... more
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      Russian StudiesCritical Legal TheoryLegal TheoryPost-Soviet Regimes