REGNRSG 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Conservative Revolutionary Movement, Mercantilism, Samuel Von Pufendorf
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1 the end of the cold war and the integration of europe. > acceleration in the process of european integration: maastricht treaty 1992 to tie the unified germany down in the european structures, 2004 eastward expansion of eu, french and dutch referendum (temporary) ended the period of accelerated integration. > little progress in harmonization: especially criminal law is seen as belonging to the essence of national sovereignty. > large efforts for harmonization and push for a european ius commune - a common private law for europe. > dividing line between civil law and common law tradition. Civil (1804) and the german b rgerliches gesetzbuch (1896/1900: codification did not mark an absolute caesura but found inspiration in the "old" law. Impact of ius commune continent -> rediscovery of digest in the 11th century significantly shaped the continental jurisprudence. England -> orientation towards a system of private law based on custom and case law. > widened the gap on a formal level.
