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The traditional grand narratives of European legal history have begun to be questioned, to the extent that the nature and legacy of legal humanism now deserve closer scrutiny. Building on the groundbreaking work by Douglas Osler, who has been critical of the traditional narratives, this volume interrogates the orthodox views regarding legal humanism and its legacy. Fundamentally reassessing the nature and impact of legal humanism on the narratives of European legal history, these 14 essays bring together the foremost international experts in related fields of legal and intellectual history to debate the central issues.

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Author:   Paul J. du Plessis (Professor of Roman law in the School of Law, University of Edinburgh) ,  John W. Cairns (Professor of Civil Law, University of Edinburgh) ,  Professor of Civil Law John W Cairns (University of Edinburgh)
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:   Edinburgh University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.797kg
ISBN:  

9781474408851

ISBN 10:   1474408850
Pages:   408
Publication Date:   14 December 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface A Note on Names and Book Titles List of Contributors List of Abbreviations Introduction, John W Cairns Part I: Defining Legal Humanism 1. Antiqui et Recentiores: Alberico Gentili – Beyond Mos Italicus and Legal Humanism, Alain Wijffels 2. Humanist Philology and the Text of Justinian’s Digest, Douglas J Osler Part II: A Break With the Past/Contemporary Critiques 3. Deconstructing Iurisdictio: The Adventures of a Legal Category in the Hands of the Humanist Jurists, Guido Rossi 4. Reassessing the Influence of Medieval Jurisprudence on Jacques Cujas’ (1522–1590) Method, Xavier Prévost 5. Redefining Ius to Restore Justice: The Centrality of Ius Gentium in Humanist Jurisprudence, Susan Longfield Karr Part III: Legal Humanism - A Pan-European Methodology 6. Elegant Scholastic Humanism? Arias Piñel’s (1515–1563) Critical Revision of Laesio Enormis, Wim Decock 7. The Working Methods of Hugo Grotius: Which Sources Did He Use and How Did He Use Them in His Early Writings on Natural Law Theory?, Martine J van Ittersum 8. Joannes Leunclavius (1541–1594), Civilian and Byzantinist?, Bernard Stolte 9. Brissonius in Context: De formulis et solennibus populi Romani verbis, Éva Jakab 10. A Lawyer and His Sources: Nicolas Bohier and Legal Practice in Sixteenth-Century France, Jasmin Hepburn 11. Humanism and Law in Elizabethan England: The Annotations of Gabriel Harvey, David Ibbetson Part IV: Legal Humanism and the Book Trade 12. The Thesauruses of Otto and Meerman as Publishing Enterprises: Legal Humanism in its Last Phase, 1725–1780, Ian Maclean 13. Humanist Books and Lawyers’ Libraries in Early Eighteenth-Century Scotland: Charles Areskine of Alva’s Library, Karen G Baston Postscript, Paul J du Plessis Index

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Paul J. du Plessis is Professor of Roman Law at the University of Edinburgh John W. Cairns is Professor of Civil Law at the University of Edinburgh. His research interests include law and the Enlightenment, the history of Scots law, codification in Louisiana, and law and slavery. He has published two collections of essays in the Edinburgh Studies in Law series: Law, Lawyers, and Humanism: Selected Essays on the History of Scots Law, Volume 1 and Enlightenment, Legal Education, and Critique: Selected Essays on the History of Scots Law, Volume 2 (Edinburgh University Press, 2015). He is the co-editor, with Paul J. du Plessis, of The Creation of the Ius Commune: From Casus to Regula (Edinburgh University Press, 2010) and Beyond Dogmatics: Law and Society in the Roman World (Edinburgh University Press, 2007).

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