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"This book contains four essays: 1. Judicial Importation into Maltese Law of Italian Private Law Solutions and Its Implications 2. Historical Facts and Myths surrounding the Criminal Code of Malta 3. Medieval (Legal) Beasts in our Midst? A Terminological Ad Fontes Look at the Dissolution of Contracts under Maltese Law 4. Latin Wine Decanted into a Semitic Carafe: The Obscure Term ""Midheb"" in Vassalli's Lexicon and its Possible Usefulness for the Legal Historian It is of interest not only to those analysing Maltese law, but also to those interested in Scots (Criminal) Law, British Imperialism, the translation of the Code Napoleon, Islamic Law, Jewish Law, and Maltese History."

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Heartfelt congratulations for the research, the intuitions, the methodology, the discoveries and the conclusions. Glad to see historiography finally moving away from fairy-tale telling. Have not read such compelling history of legislation critique for a long while. -Giovanni Bonello, former President of the Malta Historical Society and former Judge of the European Court of Human Rights Ho avuto modo, leggendo questo testo che mi aveva fatto l'onore di trasmettermi in anteprima, di ammirare la sua vasta cultura giuridica e comparatistica (e non solo). E ho inoltre avuto modo di riflettere nuovamente sulla speciale posizione assunta da Malta nella storia del diritto moderno: un autentico crocevia di culture e di tradizioni, nel quale Ella sa muoversi con maestria giungendo a conclusioni ampiamente condivisibili. [trans.: Reading the text which you kindly sent me at pre-publication stage, I had the occasion to view your wide legal and comparative law culture (and not only). I also had the occasion to reflect again on Malta's special position in the history of modern law. It is a veritable crossroads of cultures and traditions, in which you know how to move in a masterly fashion, arriving at conclusions which can be widely shared.] - Ettore Dezza, Professor of History of Law, University of Pavia, Italy Dr Sammut humbly declares that he is not a professional linguist and that his knowledge of legal history is limited to internal Western European Legal History. In reality, he is more than knowledgeable and adroit at handling legal history etymologically and linguistically and his blending them is marvellous as he amply shows. He is surely in Malta a leader in the history of legal language. Plaudits to him for his innovative tackling of aspects of Maltese legal history characterised by extraordinary intuitions and conclusions. - Raymond Mangion, Professor of Legal History and Methodology, University of Malta The writer is a first-class researcher, ranging far and wide and following all the trails, primary and secondary, which that research suggests. This is quite impressive. - Giuseppe Mifsud Bonnici, Professor of Philosophy of Law, University of Malta, former President of the Constitutional Court of Malta and former Judge of the European Court of Human Rights

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Mark A. Sammut, a member of the Royal Historical Society, the European Society for Comparative Legal History, and of the Malta Historical Society, studied law and translation studies at the University of Malta (LL.D., M.Jur. (summa cum laude), M.A.), Western European legal history at the University of London (LL.M.), and historical sociology at the London School of Economics. Professor of History of Legislation and Legal Methodology

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