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>EU is a few decades old failed experiment, Europe exists for thousands of years. Despite constant screeching about its imminent demise, the EU still hasn't fa
by Bayart 6y ago
>EU is a few decades old failed experiment, Europe exists for thousands of years.
Despite constant screeching about its imminent demise, the EU still hasn't failed. And "Europe", at least as we think of it, only goes back to Renaissance diplomacy at best, but realistically to the Peace of Westphalia.
- shimonabi 6y agoIn our country, Roman law is the dread of every law school freshman.
- Bayart 6y agoFunny, I did some time in law school and legal history (in particular Roman law) was always my favourite part. I've had years of Latin and Greek education and come from a Latin country, so that helps. But the quasi-universality of Roman legal principles is itself very recent, and didn't start to emerge before the late 1700's, very much in the spirit of statecraft launched by the Westphalian era.