Decline as a form of conceptual change: Some considerations on the loss of the legal person

Contributions to the History of Concepts

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-26

  Dow, Douglas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual decline; Koselleck; Legal discourse; Legal person; Quentin Skinner; Reinhardt

Indexed keywords

EID: 61949441179     PISSN: 18079326     EISSN: 1874656X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/187465608X290789     Document Type: Article

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