The historical foundations of Grotius' analysis of delict / / by Joe Sampson.

The Historical Foundations of Grotius’ Analysis of Delict explores the origins of a generalised model of liability for wrongdoing in the history of European private law. Using Grotius as its focal point, it analyses the extent to which earlier civilian and theological doctrine shaped his views. It d...

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Superior document:Legal History Library, Volume 24
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands ;, New York, New York : : Brill Nijhoff,, 2018.
©2018
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:Legal history library ; Volume 24.
Legal history library. Studies in the history of private law ; Volume 13.
Physical Description:1 online resource (258 pages).
Notes:Includes index.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Place of Grotius in European Private Law
  • Grotius’ Formulation of Delict
  • The Civil Law
  • The Roman Law of Delicts
  • Delict in the Middle Ages
  • Delict in the Sixteenth Century
  • Grotius’ Thomist Sources
  • The Foundations of Thomism
  • ‘Delict’ in the Summa Theologiae
  • The Mechanics of Restitutio
  • Sins, Wrongs and Rights
  • Roman Law and Thomism
  • Conclusion
  • The Historical Foundations of Grotius’ Analysis of Delict.