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Medieval Law and the Foundations of the State
"The State" is the most powerful of political ideas but where does it come from? This broad-ranging new study traces the history of the word and the concept back to the systems of law and justice created by medieval kings and shows how legal institutions acquired political force.
350 pages, Hardcover
First published January 3, 2002
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