A history of French public law

By Jean Brissaud

Book Overview

How does a kingdom become a state? In France, law did the work. Power leaves traces in law. Jean Brissaud's A History of French Public Law is a landmark legal history monograph that follows the shaping of authority from medieval France governance through early modern France politics and into the frameworks that still define French constitutional law. Written as a scholarly law treatise yet remarkably readable, it charts the administrative law origins of royal power, courts, finance, and the machinery of government, making it a dependable public law reference book for anyone who wants the history of state institutions without hand-waving. Brissaud brings juristic precision to questions of sovereignty, jurisdiction, and administration, showing how public power was justified and limited. The result is a clear map of the path from feudal relations to centralised authority and modern public law, across centuries of change. Long valued by legal historians and scholars, this work also rewards the curious general reader: it explains why institutions look and act as they do, and how ideas travel across borders. For students and teachers, it stands as a rigorous comparative law course text, setting French development alongside the broader currents of European legal history. For collectors, it is a classic legal history reprint that restores an essential voice in modern legal scholarship. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9389247276
• ISBN13: 9789389247275
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 642 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"