The Custom of Conquest: Twelfth-Century Tortosa and the Frontiers of Iberian Law.
Medieval frontiers are often perceived as a zones of legal informality and lawlessness, and as such sit uncomfortably in standard accounts of legal change. Focusing on the concept of jurisdiction can provide a different perspective of how law operated during the twelfth century outside of convention...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Legal History Vol. 46; no. 1; pp. 91 - 114 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Apr2025
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