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Kaspers, Heinrich, Editor. Vom Sachsenspiegel zum Code Napoleon: Kleine Rechtsgeschichte im Spiegel alter Rechtsbucher. Cologne: Wienand-Verlag, [1965]. 296 pp. illustrations. Hardcover, light rubbing and slight darkening to spine. A very good copy. $65. * This title, which translates to "From the Sachsenspiegel to the Code Napoleon: A Short Legal History in the Mirror of Old Law Books," is a collection of writings edited by Heinrich Kaspers, which provides a history of German law, tracing its evolution from the Middle Ages to the early modern period. It explores key historical legal texts and their significance, using them as focal points to examine broader developments in German legal history from the Sachsenspiegel (13th century) to the Napoleonic Code (early 19th century). It uses old legal texts ("alter Rechtsbucher") to reflect on the changes and continuity in law during this period.…