Treason In Roman And Germanic Law: Colle

Lear, Floyd Seyward

ISBN 10: 029272960X / ISBN 13: 9780292729605

Verlag: University of Texas Press, 1965

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Inhaltsangabe:

"Treason" is a word with many connotations, a word applied to a host of varied offenses throughout the history of mankind. These essays by Floyd Seyward Lear analyze the development of the political theory of treason from its beginning in Roman Law to its transformation in the Germanic custom of the early Middle Ages. The author has presented treason as a political idea, possessing historical continuity, though varying from age to age as it follows the evolution of political authority itself. These studies trace the shifting emphasis in crimes against the state from acts directed against a central absolutist authority to acts involving the personal relationship of a pledged troth and individual fealty. This is a shift from the concept of majesty in Roman law to the concept of fidelity in Germanic law with the corollary shift from allegiance as an act of deference to allegiance as a token of mutual fidelity.These ideas are examined chronologically across an interval extending from archaic Roman law to incipiently feudal forms, from which modern theories of treason, allegiance, and sovereignty derive. Contemporary concepts in these political areas can hardly be understood apart from their historical origins. Broadly considered, this work is intended as a contribution to intellectual history. Further, this collection represents the synthesis of material widely scattered in the primary sources and relevant secondary works. The two concluding bibliographical essays are intended as a general survey of the literature relevant to these studies in Roman and Germanic public law. Descriptive and interpretive works which deal with treason and its allied aspects of political and legal theory are not numerous in the English language.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Floyd Seward Lear was Professor of History at Rice University.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Treason In Roman And Germanic Law: Colle
Verlag: University of Texas Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 1965
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: New