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  • The Carlsberg Story

    Founders, Foundations, and Fortunes

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    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book offers a comprehensive business history of one of the largest global brewing companies. By combining industrial history with insights from corporate management and strategy, it reveals the success story of a family-owned company that has achieved a market-leading position worldwide.The author provides deep insights into the founding of the modern Danish brewery by J.C. Jacobsen Carlsberg ... Read more

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  • The Danish Medieval Laws

    the laws of Scania, Zealand and Jutland

    Edited by Ditlev Tamm, Helle Vogt ...
    Series series Routledge Medieval Translations
    The Danish medieval laws: the laws of Scania, Zealand and Jutland contains translations of the four most important medieval Danish laws written in the vernacular. The main texts are those of the Law of Scania, the two laws of Zealand – Valdemar’s and Erik’s – and the Law of Jutland, all of which date from the early thirteenth century. The Church Law of Scania and three short royal ordinances are ... Read more

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  • The Liber legis Scaniae

    The Latin Text with Introduction, Translation and Commentaries

    Edited by Ditlev Tamm ...
    Series series Routledge Medieval Translations
    The Liber legis Scaniae: The Latin Text with Introduction, Translation and Commentaries forms the second volume of The Danish Medieval Laws and is dedicated to the Latin text based on the Danish medieval Law of Scania.Also known as the "Old laws of Scania", the Liber legis Scaniae is ascribed to Archbishop Anders Sunesen and traditionally belongs to the corpus of Danish medieval laws. It was ... Read more

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  • Nordic Law in European Context

    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    Nordic law is often referred to as something different from other legal systems. At the same time, it is a common belief that the Nordic countries share more or less the same legal tradition and are very similar in their approach to the law. Considering both of these points of view, the book tells a story of how Nordic law and Nordic legal thinking differ from other legal systems, and how there ... Read more

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