Borders of the Early Modern Ius Commune : England, Venice and Scandinavia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freda, Dolores.

Contributor:

Piccinini, Mario.

Pihlajamäki, Heikki.

Valsecchi, Chiara Maria.

Series:

Routledge Studies in Comparative Legal History Series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2025.

Summary:

The culture of the ius commune has been a unifying element of European and Western legal civilization. This volume discusses the expansion and changes of ius commune in three significant corners of Europe, which in the classical narrative either totally or partially were left out of the picture: England, Scandinavia, and Venice.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

List of contributors

Introduction

Chapter 1 Borders of ius commune: Ius commune at the Borders

Part I Ius Commune and Venice

Chapter 2 Lawyers in Venice: A Curious Business

Chapter 3 "Negari tamen non potest Venetos Ius Civile Romanorum colere et venerari": Venetian Law and ius commune between the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

Chapter 4 Students, Graduates, or "Tourists": Scholars from across the Borders in Padua in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

Chapter 5 Venetian Law and ius commune: The Origins of a Controversy

Part II Ius Commune and England

Chapter 6 The Invisible Border between Ius Commune and Common Law: Traditional Interpretations and New Prospects

Chapter 7 Legal Pluralism in the Law Courts of Early Modern England

Chapter 8 Roman Law in Sixteenth-Century England: Professor Thomas Smith

Chapter 9 Common Lawyers and Civilian Lawyers in England: Barriers and Connections

Chapter 10 Gerard Malynes and the "Ancient Law-Merchant": A View on the ius commune from the Borders

Part III Ius Commune and Scandinavia

Chapter 11 Ius Commune at the Merchant Courts of the Hanse Kontor in Bergen?

Chapter 12 The Emergence of the Profession of Procurators: In Early Modern Denmark

Chapter 13 Adjusting the ius commune: The Swedish Legal Procedure in the Early Modern Period

Chapter 14 The Reception of the ius commune through German Law in Reformation Sweden (ca. 1530-1610): Torture, Police, and Crime

Epilogue

Chapter 15 Re-reading Arthur Duck: Ius Commune and Insular Exceptionalism

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-04-036477-2

1-003-42506-2

1-04-036482-9

9781003425069

OCLC:

1519120774

Publisher Number:

CIPO000215026