Jurists and Jurisprudence in Medieval Italy is an original collection of texts exemplifying medieval Italian jurisprudence, known as the ius commune. Translated for the first time into English, many of the texts exist only in early printed editions and manuscripts. Featuring commentaries by leading medieval civil law jurists, notably Azo Portius, Accursius, Albertus Gandinus, Bartolus of Sassoferrato, and Baldus de Ubaldis, this book covers a wide range of topics, including how to teach and study law, the production of legal texts, the ethical norms guiding practitioners, civil and criminal procedures, and family matters.
The translations, together with context-setting introductions, highlight fundamental legal concepts and practices and the milieu in which jurists operated. They offer entry points for exploring perennial subjects such as the professionalization of lawyers, the tangled relationship between law and morality, the role of gender in the socio-legal order, and the extent to which the ius commune can be considered an autonomous system of law.
By:
Osvaldo Cavallar,
Julius Kirshner
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 160mm,
Spine: 53mm
Weight: 1.280kg
ISBN: 9781487507480
ISBN 10: 1487507488
Series: Toronto Studies in Medieval Law
Pages: 896
Publication Date: 21 October 2020
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
"Preface by Lawrin Armstrong Acknowledgments Abbreviations Short Titles Introduction 1. Professors and Students 1. Foundations 1.1. The Constitution Habita of Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa (1155/58) 1.2. Accursius’s Glosses to the Constitution Habita 1.3. Students as Citizens in the Statutes of Modena (1327) 2. ""We Give You the Licence to Teach Here and Everywhere"" 2.1. Baldus de Ubaldis, Consilium on the Studium Generale of Milan (ca. 1393- 1396) 3. Privileges of Doctors and Students 3.1. Simon of Borsano, Privileges of Doctors and Students (1361- 1370) 4. How to Teach and Study Canon and Civil Law 4.1. Franciscus de Zabarellis, How to Teach and Study Canon and Civil Law (ca. 1410) 5. The Many Dwelling Places of Civil Wisdozm 5.1. Bartolus of Sassoferrato, Oration on Conferring the Doctorate of Law 6. Death Benefits 6.1. Consilium of Jacobus Niccoli (1400) 7. Hired Hands 7.1. Azo, Hiring (1208- 1210) 7.2. Rainerius of Perugia, Leasing out a Work to be Copied (1242) 7.3. Salatiele, Copyists and Other Persons Obligating Themselves to Perform Services [Contract and Glosses] (1248- 1254) 7.4. Rolandinus de Passegeriis, Hiring Another Person’s Services to Copy a Work (1273) 8. Law Students’ Books 8.1. Baldus de Ubaldis, Consilium [I] (ca. 1393–1396) 8.2. Baldus de Ubaldis, Consilium [II] (ca. 1393–1396) 9. ""Many Books"" 9.1. Oldradus de Ponte, Whether It Is Advantageous to Have Many Books (ca. 1320s) 10. Nobility, Usefulness, and Origin of Law 10.1. Doctoral Oration (ca. 1450) 2. Legal Profession 11. Advocates 11.1. Guilelmus Durantis, Mirror of Law (ca. 1284- 1289) 12. Fees 12.1. Azo, Quaestio disputata 13. Proof of a Doctoral Degree 13.1. Certifying a Judge’s Doctoral Degree in Florence (1374) 14. Bella Figura: Florentine Jurists and Their Wives 14.1. Deliberation of the Guild of Judges and Notaries of Florence (9 Sept. 1366) 14.2. Provisions of Florence’s Sumptuary Laws, 1377 and 1388 14.3. Stephanus de Bonacursis and Others, Consilium on the Exemption of Jurists and Their Wives from Florence’s Sumptuary Laws (1390) 15. A Waste of Time 15.1. Franco Sacchetti, Novella XL (ca. 1392- 1393) 16. ""From the Mouth of God"" 16.1. Eulogy of Marianus Socinus the Elder of Siena (1467) 3. Civil and Criminal Procedure 17. Civil Procedure 17.1. Civil Procedure in the Statutes of Florence (1415) 18. Consilium Sapientis 18.1. Requesting a consilium sapientis, Statutes of Florence (1415) 19. Witnesses 19.1. Treatise on Witnesses (Scientiam) (ca. 1230s) 20. False Testimony 20.1. Franciscus de Guicciardinis, Consilium (ca. 1505- 1516) 21. Criminal Procedure 21.1. Albertus Gandinus, Tract on Crimes (1300) 21.2. Judicial Inquiry of Albertus Gandinus against Cambinus Belli of Florence (1289) 21.3. Expenses Incurred during a Trial (1298) 4. Crime 22. Wounds from Assault 22.1. Tract on Wounds 23. Self-defence 23.1. Baldus de Ubaldis, Consilium (ca. 1384) 24. Vendetta 24.1. Baldus de Ubaldis, Consilium (ca. 1391–1393) 25. Adultery 25.1. Ivus de Coppolis, Consilium (ca. 1420–1441) 26. Abortion 26.1. Digest, Glossa, and Bartolus of Sassoferrato 26.2. Statutes of Biella (1245) 26.3. Statutes of Siena (1309) 26.4. Statutes of Castiglion Aretino (1384) 26.5. Albericus of Rosciate, Questions Concerning Statutes (1358) 5. Personal and Civic Status 27. Serfdom 27.1. Martinus of Fano, Serfs (ca. 1256- 1259) 27.2. Martinus of Fano, Notarial Forms for Drafting Contracts and Written Complaints (ca. 1232) 28. Citizenship 28.1. Statutes of Arezzo (1327): ""Rubrics on Making New Citizens"" 29. Citizen Bartolus 29.1. Petition to Grant Bartolus of Sassoferrato and His Brother Bonacursius Perugian Citizenship (1348) 30. Making New Citizens 30.1. Bartolus of Sassoferrato, Consilium 31. Dual Citizenship 31.1. An Anonymous Opinion and Baldus de Ubaldis, Consilium (ca. 1376- 1379) 32. Loss and Reacquisition of Citizenship 32.1. Angelus de Ubaldis, Consilium 33. Married Women’s Citizenship (1) 33.1. Digest, Code, Glossa, and Bartolus of Sassoferrato 34. Married Women’s Citizenship (2) 34.1. Jacobus de Fermo, Consilium (ca. 1400) 34.2. Dionisius de Barigianis, Consilium (ca. post 1411) 35. Jews as Citizens 35.1. Ordinance on the Privileges and Obligations of Jewish Residents of Perugia (1381) 6. Family Matters 36. Paternal Power (Patria Potestas) 36.1. Institutes (1.9): ""Paternal Power"" 36.2. Glosses to Institutes (1.9): ""Paternal Power"" 36.3. Angelus de Gambilionibus, Commentary to § Ius autem (Inst. 1.9.2) (ca. 1441- 1449) 36.4. Statutes of Perugia (1342): ""Damnable Children Harming Their Own Parents"" 36.5. Statutes of Chianciano (1287): ""Contract Made by a Son-in-Power"" 36.6. Albericus of Rosciate, Questions Concerning Statutes (1358) 36.7. Franciscus de Guicciardinis, Consilium (ca. 1505–1516) 37. Children Born Illegitimately 37.1. Benedictus de Barzis, Children Born Illegitimately (1456) 38. Contracting Marriage in Late Medieval Florence 38.1. Betrothal Contract (Sponsalitium) (1391) 38.2. Contracting Marriage (Anulum) (1391) 39. Dowries 39.1. Martinus Gosia, The Law of Dowries (ca. 1140) 40. Vested Interests 40.1. Bartolus of Sassoferrato, Commentary to Dig. 24. 3. 66. 1, In his rebus quas, § Servis uxoris 40.2. Angelus de Ubaldis, Consilium 40.3. Petrus de Albisis, Consilium 41. Prohibition of Gifts between Husband and Wife 41.1. Dig. 24. 1. 1, Moribus 41.2. Dig. 24. 1. 2, Non cessat 41.3. Baldus de Ubaldis, [First] Commentary to Dig. 24. 1. 1, Moribus 41.4. Baldus de Ubaldis, [Second] Commentary to Dig. 24. 1. 1, Moribus 41.5. Baldus de Ubaldis, Consilium (ca. 1396- 1400) 42. Remarriage of Widows and Conflicting Claims to the Dowry 42.1. Franciscus de Albergottis, Consilium (ca. 1362- 1364) 42.2. Baldus de Ubaldis, Consilium (ca. 1362- 1364) 43. Testamentary and Intestate Succession 43.1. Bartolus of Sassoferrato, Last Will (1356) 43.2. Bartolus of Sassoferrato, Consilium on Succession in stirpes or in capita 43.3. Bartolus of Sassoferrato, Consilium on Succession by Line of Descent 43.4. Angelus de Ubaldis, Consilium 44. Fraternal Households 44.1. Jacobus de Balduinis, Brothers Living Together (ca. post 1213) 45. Support 45.1. Martinus de Fano, Support (ca. 1265- 1272) Glossary Appendix 1. The Medieval System of Legal Citations Appendix 2. Selected Jurists Index"
Osvaldo Cavallar is a professor of Christian Studies at Nanzan University. Julius Kirshner is an emeritus professor of Medieval and Renaissance History at the University of Chicago.
Reviews for Jurists and Jurisprudence in Medieval Italy: Texts and Contexts
"""Jurists and Jurisprudence in Medieval Italy is a fundamental contribution to the teaching of the history of law in medieval society. The translations and commentary are very accessible but their significance and originality make them also a very useful source of documentation with deeper inquiries into medieval law. A major contribution to scholarship and research, this work gives access to original and fundamental legal sources and provides an updated bibliography on each selected topic. It also promotes a method of interpretation of legal texts in their social and political contexts that should be used as a model for legal historical scholarship and teaching.""--Laurent Mayali, Lloyd M. Robbins Professor of Law, UC Berkeley ""No book in English has nearly the scope and depth of Jurists and Jurisprudence in Medieval Italy. Sharing a rich variety of documents extending beyond Florence to places like Perugia and Cortona, this book is a serious advance on existing research, and all the more important for the topics the authors have brought to clearer light, including the development of the medieval law system, known as the ius commune, consilia or advice of learned jurists, and the teachings of the learned law with local statutes.""--Thomas Izbicki, Librarian Emeritus, Rutgers University"
