Royal Police Ordinances in Early Modern Sweden : the Emergence of Voluntaristic Understanding of Law.

In Royal Police Ordinances in Early Modern Sweden, based on analysis of a large amount of empirical material Toomas Kotkas claims that a new, voluntaristic understanding of law emerged in 17th-century Sweden.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kotkas, Toomas
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Leiden : Brill, 2013.
Series:Northern world ; v. 64.
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=658396
Table of Contents:
  • Political theory and police in early modern Sweden
  • Royal police ordinances between 1523 and 1611 : enforcement of medieval law
  • Royal police ordinances between 1612 and 1718 : making of new law
  • Scientification of police: the end of the broad conception of police
  • Conclusions.