Frisian Land Law: A Critical Edition and Translation of the Freeska Landriucht

Frisian Land Law: A Critical Edition and Translation of the Freeska Landriucht
Author: Han Nijdam
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 457
Release: 2023-02-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004526412

Around 1485, the age-old compilation of Old Frisian customary law, partly dating back to the 11th century, was put into print. Latin glosses were included in the text with references to Canon and Roman law. This gloss tradition had come into being during the 13th and 14th centuries. This incunable came to be known as Freeska Landriucht or Frisian Land Law. This book presents its first edition with an English translation.

The Reception of Learned Law in Fourteenth- and Fifteenth-Century Frisia

The Reception of Learned Law in Fourteenth- and Fifteenth-Century Frisia
Author: Marvin Wiegand
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2024-10-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004712704

This book offers the first comprehensive analysis of medieval Frisian law, focusing on the influence of Roman and canon law in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. It makes use of recent translations of Old Frisian legal texts to show the evolution of Frisian law and to unveil why the Frisians were motivated to change their traditional laws. The book covers everything from oaths as evidence in Frisian procedures, to whether Frisian widows could be guardians of their children, to the role the Frisians themselves played in the evolution of their legal system.

Contracts for a Third-Party Beneficiary

Contracts for a Third-Party Beneficiary
Author: Jan Hallebeek
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2008
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004169741

This study deals with the concept of contracts for a third-party beneficiary, which is nowadays generally accepted in Western European jurisdictions. The subject is discussed in its development through the ages as well as from the perspective of present-day comparative law.

An Introduction to Old Frisian

An Introduction to Old Frisian
Author: Rolf Hendrik Bremmer
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2009
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027232555

This is the first text book to offer a comprehensive approach to Old Frisian and includes a history of the Frisians during the Middle Ages, their society and literary culture. Covered are the phonology, morphology, word formation and syntax of Old Frisian, with a chapter on Old Frisian dialects and one on problems regarding the periodization of Frisian and the close relationship between (Old) Frisian and (Old) English. Included is a reader with a representative selection of twenty-one texts with explanatory notes and a full glossary. A bibliography and a select index complete the book.

The Rādhā Tantra

The Rādhā Tantra
Author: Mans Broo
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2016-10-26
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317485173

The Rādhā Tantra is an anonymous 17th century tantric text from Bengal. The text offers a lively picture of the meeting of different religious traditions in 17th century Bengal, since it presents a Śākta version of the famous Vaiṣṇava story of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. This book presents a critically edited text of the Rādhā Tantra, based on manuscripts in India, Nepal and Bangladesh, as well as an annotated translation It is prefaced by an introduction that situates the text in its social and historical context and discusses its significance. The introduction also looks at the composition and metrics, vocabulary and grammar, and contents and doctrine of the text. It also includes a discussion of the extensive intertextualities of the Rādhā Tantra, as well as the sources used for this edition. The Sanskrit text in Roman transliteration, following the standard IAST system, is then presented, followed by an English translation of the text. This book will be of interest to scholars of South Asian Religion, Tantric Studies and Religious History.

The Right to Specific Performance

The Right to Specific Performance
Author: Jan Hallebeek
Publisher:
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2010
Genre: Law
ISBN:

This book is a sequel to volume 71 of the same series (Specific Performance in Contract Law: National and Other Perspectives). It resulted from the co-operation between legal historians, participating in the programme `Contract law and law of obligations in general' of the research school lus Commune. --Book Jacket.