Del 64 - Northern World
Royal Police Ordinances in Early Modern Sweden
The Emergence of Voluntaristic Understanding of Law
Inbunden, Engelska, 2013
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Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.Royal Police Ordinances in Early Modern Sweden offers a comprehensive account of the legal regulation of 16th- and 17th-century Swedish society. In comparison to present-day usage, during the early modern period the term ‘police’ had a broader meaning. It referred to ‘good societal order’ covering a variety of areas of societal life such as public finances, commerce, professions, infrastructure, public health and poor relief, public morality, public security, and so on.Through an analysis of a large body of ordinances Toomas Kotkas claims that in 17th-century Sweden a new, voluntaristic understanding of law emerged. Royal police ordinances were no longer perceived merely as a means of enforcing older medieval law but instead as an instrument of directing society towards aspired-to goals.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2013-10-04
- Mått155 x 235 x 19 mm
- Vikt516 g
- FormatInbunden
- SpråkEngelska
- SerieNorthern World
- Antal sidor234
- FörlagBrill
- ISBN9789004258945