The Old Law of Bizkaia (1452) : introductory study and critical edition / [compiled, edited, and annotated] by Gregorio Monreal Zia ; translated by William A. Douglass and Linda White ; preface by William A. Douglass.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Vizcaya (Spain)
Other Authors: Monreal Zia, Gregorio
Douglass, William A.
White, Linda, 1949-
Language:English
Language of the Original:
Basque
Published: Reno, Nev. : Center for Basque Studies, University of Nevada, Reno, [2005], ©2005.
Series:Basque classics series ; no. 1.
Subjects:
Law > Spain > Vizcaya > Sources.
Genre:
Sources.
Online Access:
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Physical Description:359 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • A geopolitical overview
  • Juridical romanization, Castillian royal law, and Bizkaian law
  • Antecedents of the Old Law (Fuero Viejo)
  • Fundamental reasons for elaborating the Old Law (1452)
  • Writing the Old Law
  • Transcriptions of Old Law texts
  • Editions of the Old Law
  • The need for a critical edition of the Old Law
  • The language of the Old Law
  • An Old Law of Albedrío
  • The personal scope of the Old Law : hidalgos and labradores
  • The territorial scope of the Old Law : the singular problem of the villas
  • The seigniory of Bizkaia's Foundational Pact
  • The community
  • The lord and his oath
  • The relationship between the community and its lord : the pase foral
  • The administration of justice
  • Penal law
  • Legal procedure
  • The nature of property
  • The family, matrimony, and matrimonial rights in property
  • Inheritance
  • From the Old Law to the New Law (Fuero Nuevo).