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The Influence of the Principle "Necessitas Non Habet Legem" on Nordic Medieval Laws on Theft




AuthorsKorpiola, Mia; Sunde, Jørn Øyrehagen

PublisherUniversity of Pennsylvania Press

Publication year2024

Journal: Journal of the History of Ideas

Volume85

Issue4

First page 681

Last page711

ISSN0022-5037

eISSN1086-3222

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1353/jhi.2024.a944582

Publication's open availability at the time of reportingNo Open Access

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his article was written as part of the research project “Social Governance through Legislation” at the Centre for Advanced Studies in Oslo, 2021–22. Mia Korpiola also worked on this article in the Research Council of Finland project “At the Frontiers of Humanity: Extreme Necessity in the History of Ethics, Law and Politics, 300–1600” (no. 330872) and the Käte Hamburger Kolleg “Einheit und Vielfalt im Recht” at the WWU University of Münster.


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