The Old Law of Bizkaia (1452)  introductory study and critical edition 
[compiled, edited, and annotated] by Gregorio Monreal Zia ; translated by William A. Douglass and Linda White ; preface by William A. Douglass. 
 - Reno, Nev.  Center for Basque Studies, University of Nevada, Reno  c2005. 
 - 359 p.  maps, geneal. table  24 cm. 
 - Basque classics series  no. 1 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-321) and index. 
<br/><br/>A geopolitical overview -- Juridical romanization, Castillian royal law and Bizkaian law -- Antecedents of the Old Law (Fuero Viejo) -- Fundamental reasons for elaborating the Old Law (1452) -- Writing the Old Law -- Transcriptions of Old Law texts -- Editions of the Old Law -- The need for a critical edition of the Old Law -- The language of the Old Law -- An Old Law of Albedrío -- The personal scope of the Old Law : hidalgos and labradores -- The territorial scope of the Old Law : the singular problem of the villas -- The seigniory of Bizkaia's Foundational Pact -- The community -- The lord and his oath -- The relationship between the community and its lord : the pase foral -- The administration of justice -- Penal law -- Legal procedure -- The nature of property -- The family, matrimony and matrimonial rights in property -- Inheritance -- From the Old Law to the New Law (Fuero Nuevo). 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1877802522 (pbk.) 1877802530 (hardcover) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005008119 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Law--Spain--Vizcaya--Sources.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KKT9001.A17  / O426 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>349.4663  / O441