This books highlights the impact of Christianity on the history of law and societal policies in the Low Countries.

Great Christian jurists in the low countries Wim Decock and Janwillem Oosterhuis; 1. Alger of Liège Emmanuël Falzone; 2. Arnoldus Gheyloven Bram Van Hofstraeten; 3. Boëtius Epo Hylkje de Jong; 4. Leonardus Lessius Toon Van Houdt; 5. Franciscus Zypaeus Wouter Druwé; 6. Hugo Grotius Janwillem Oosterhuis; 7. Paulus Voet (1619-1667) - A Christian jurist during the Dutch golden age Johannes van Kralingen; 8. Ulrik Huber Atsuko Fukuoka; 9. Zeger-Bernard van Espen Jan Hallebeek; 10. Dionysius van der Keessel (1738-1816). The defiance of a Christian conservative E. Koops; 11. Pieter Paulus (1753-1796) Matthijs de Blois; 12. Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer Jan Willem Sap; 13. Edouard Ducpétiaux - A Christian, but also a jurist? Frank Judo; 14. Charles Périn Fred Stevens; 15. Léon de Lantsheere (1862-1912) Peter Heyrman; 16. Paul Scholten Timo Slootweg; 17. Willem Duynstee Corjo Jansen; 18. Jules Storme (1887-1955), the Catholic jurist and the growing pains of Christian democracy in Belgium Dirk Heirbaut; 19. Herman Dooyeweerd Bas Hengstmengel; 20. Josse Mertens de Wilmars (1912-2002) Laurent Waelkens.