The jurists : a critical history / James Gordley.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013

1st edition

84547

Law -- History -- Europe.

Law -- Interpretation and construction -- History -- Europe.

Lawyers -- History -- Europe.

I. Ius civile : the Roman jurists

II. Ius commune : the medieval jurists

III. Ius et iustitia : the late scholastics

IV. De iure civile in artem redigendo : the humanist ideal

V. Ius naturae et gentium : the iusnaturalists

VI. Droit civil français : the French altenative

VII. Usus modernus pandectarum : the German-Dutch alternative

VIII. Mos geometricus : the coming of rationalism

IX. Novus ordo : positivism and conceptualism

X. Ubinam gentium sumus? After positivism and conceptualism.

This is a work that will appeal to those interested in understanding the historical basis of various fundamental principles in the law. The Jurists is an analysis of various ideas within the cultural and historical context from which they emanated. The role of jurists in the development of these early ideas and concepts now forms the foundations of western private law. Gordley, for example, identifies the development of the second century "formulary procedure", which is a precursor to our modern civil procedure and then critically analyses how various concepts in contract and tort are revealed.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780199689392

xi, 320 pages ; 24 cm