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Slavery survived the fall of the Roman Empire. Assimilated to livestock, slaves remained numerous in Europe from the VIth to the VlIIth centuries. Canon Law justified slavery which was meticulously regulated by the "Barbarous Laws". Its late extinction was the result of various factors which were partly religious and technical but mainly economic and social, and only came about at the end of a series of evermore serious crisises which extended from the middle of the IIIrd to the beginning of the XIth century.
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This article presents the current conceptions of European integration through law. It describes the contributions and the weaknesses of the three ways in which law can facilitate european integration and shows that none appears able to reach the desired result.The first conception, legislative unification, is the official doctrine supported by the European Communities and has been for the past century the favoured unification device in most of the world. An examination of the numerous hindrances to its efficiency helps explain the difficulties it encounters.The second, quite recent, conception consists in the application and teaching of a technique to understand the law. It offers a new approach based on sociological analysis ; however it is still immature since the operating tools are not yet fully designed and it emphasizes the technical aspects to the detriment of ideological choices.The third conception, developed in the current half of the century, searches in the jus commune from before rationalism for the model of unification. Among the three conceptions, it offers the most promise. It is however linked too closely to a jus commune which seems unlikely to reappear in the contemporary environment.The hope that law can foster European intégration should not be given up. A begining is proposed in conclusion : to know and exchange arguments and reasoning between national Systems can lead to progress in légal harmoni-zation. But this is a différent conception of law, requiring in particular a learned community conscious of its role.
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