Part Ⅰ Introduction 3
1 Judicial Interpretation in Transition from the Ancien Regime to Constitutionalism&MICHAEL STOLLEIS 3
Part Ⅱ The Case of France 21
2 Legal Interpretation in France Under the Reign of Louis XVI: A Review of the Gazette des tribunaux&Jean-Louis HALPERIN 21
3 Legal Interpretation and the Use of Legal Literature in 18th Century Law Reports of the "Parlement" de Flandre Serge Dauchy&Serge DAUCHY 45
Part Ⅲ The Case of Germany 61
4 The Object of Interpretation: Legislation and Competing Normative Sources of Law in Europe During the 16th to 18th Centuries&Heinz MOHNHAUPT 61
5 The Concept and Means of Legal Interpretation in the 18th Century&Jan SCHRODER 91
6 "Needs" - Pandectists Between Norm and Reality&Hans-Peter HAFERKAMP 107
Part Ⅳ The Nature of Legal Interpretation 125
7 Interpretation by Another Name&MORIGIWA Yasutomo 125
8 What Is Interpretation of the Law for the French Judge?&Michel TROPER 139
9 The Craft of Legal Interpretation&W. Bradley WENDEL 153
Part Ⅴ Concluding Remarks 181
10 Legal Interpretation in 18th Century Europe: Doctrinal Debates Versus Political Change&Jean-Louis HALPERIN 181
Name Index 189
Subject Index 191