Overview

Few topics have had a more profound impact on the study of Roman law in Britain than the lex Aquilia, a Roman statute enacted c.287/286 BCE to reform the Roman law on wrongful damage to property. This volume investigates this peculiarly British fixation against the backdrop larger themes such as the development of delict/tort in Britain and the rise of comparative law. Taken collectively, the volume establishes whether it is possible to identify a 'British' method of researching and writing about Roman law.

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Author:   Paul J. du Plessis (Professor of Roman law in the School of Law, University of Edinburgh)
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:   Edinburgh University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.451kg
ISBN:  

9781474454704

ISBN 10:   1474454704
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   27 November 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

PrefacePaul J. du Plessis Matters of Context 1. The Early Historiography of the Lex Aquilia in Britain: Introducing Students to the DigestJohn W. Cairns 2. William Warwick Buckland on the Lex AquiliaDavid Ibbetson 3. ‘This Concern with Pattern’: F.H. Lawson’s Negligence in the Civil LawPaul Mitchell 4. Student’s Digest: 9.2 in Oxford in the Twentieth CenturyBenjamin Spagnolo Case Studies 5. Revisiting D.9.2.23.1Joe Sampson 6. Reflections on the Quantification of DamnumAlberto Lorusso 7. Causation and Remoteness: British Steps on a Roman PathDavid Johnston 8. Roman and Civil Law Reflections on the Meaning of Iniuria in Damnum Iniuria DatumGiuseppe Valditara 9. Lord Atkin, Donoghue v Stevenson and the Lex Aquilia: Civilian Roots of the ‘Neighbour’ PrincipleRobin Evans-Jones and Helen Scott 10. ConclusionsPaul J. du Plessis Index

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All disciplines within the legal academy have a unique sense of their own origins, their heroes and villains, even their own fathers to slay. Reflecting sombrely on the 'British love affair with the lex Aquilia', this collection of essays - at its broadest - underlines the importance of disciplinary self-awareness and self-critique in contemporary legal scholarship ... Having developed a candid sense of the field's distinctly British origins and progress, the reader is left assured that it is in much better stead moving forward.--Nicholas Sinanis, UCL Edinburgh Law Review

All disciplines within the legal academy have a unique sense of their own origins, their heroes and villains, even their own fathers to slay. Reflecting sombrely on the 'British love affair with the lex Aquilia', this collection of essays - at its broadest - underlines the importance of disciplinary self-awareness and self-critique in contemporary legal scholarship ... Having developed a candid sense of the field's distinctly British origins and progress, the reader is left assured that it is in much better stead moving forward.--Nicholas Sinanis, UCL ""Edinburgh Law Review""

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Paul J. du Plessis is Professor of Roman Law at the University of Edinburgh

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