HIST-1106EL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Public Law, Legal Positivism, Legal Science
13 Nov 2020
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Austria : far reaching reform implemented by emperor joseph 2 in the 1780s. Thousands of law courts in the various provinces of the austrian netherlands were abolished in 1787. Resulted in the seizure of power by the central government in vienna and brussels. The old institutions were replaced by a rational and hierarchical system of courts. The austrians were temporarily driven our and the united states of belgium declared their independence. In 1790, leopold 2 managed to re-conquer the southern netherlands. 423 the french revolution and judicial reform. The rationalisation of the judicial institutions was rapidly undertaken in france after. The reform was already in place in 1791 but was amended several times. Because of the french expansion; the french judicial structure was introduced in other countries as well (eg belgium and the netherlands and different parts of the former empire) 11 the relative resistance of the common law. 424 blackstone and the consolidation of the common law.
