The Creation of the Ius Commune : : From Casus to Regula / / John W. Cairns, Paul J. du Plessis.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Cairns, John W.,; du Plessis, Paul J.,
• MitwirkendeR: Bezemer, Kees,; Brundage, James A,; Cairns, John W,; Dondorp, Harry,; Ernst, Wolfgang,; Gordley, James,; Hallebeek, Jan,; Helmholz, Richard H,; Plessis, Paul J du,; Ryan, Magnus,; Rüfner, Thomas,; Schrage, Eltjo J H,; Waelkens, Laurent L J M,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Edinburgh Studies in Law : ESL
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)

Studies the transformation of Roman legal rules into the 'common law' of Western Europe in the period 1100–1400This book discusses in detail how medieval scholars reacted to the casuistic discussions in the inherited Roman texts, particularly the Digest of Justinian. It shows how they developed medieval Roman law into a system of rules that formed a universal common law for Western Europe. Because there has been little research published in English beyond grand narratives on the history of law in Europe, this book fills an important gap in the literature.With a focus on how the medieval Roman lawyers systematised the Roman sources through detailed discussions of specific areas of law, it considers:The sources of medieval law and how to access themThe development from cases to rulesMedieval lawyers’ strategies for citing each other and their significanceThe growth of a conceptual approach to the study of lawWith contributions from leading international scholars in the field, this book fills an important gap in the literature.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The Sources of Medieval Learned Law -- 2 The Infrastructure of the Early Ius Commune: The Formation of Regulae, or its Failure -- 3 Ius Quaerens Intellectum: The Method of the Medieval Civilians -- 4 Medieval Family and Marriage Law: From Actions of Status to Legal Doctrine -- 5 The Roman Concept of Ownership and the Medieval Doctrine of Dominium Utile -- 6 Succession to Fiefs: A Ius Commune Feudorum? -- 7 Towards the Medieval Law of Hypothec -- 8 The Ignorant Seller’s Liability for Latent Defects: One Regula or Various Sets of Rules? -- 9 The Glossators’ Monetary Law -- 10 Citations and the Construction of Procedural Law in the Ius Commune -- 11 Doctoribus bona dona danda sunt1: Actions to Recover Unpaid Legal Fees -- Index