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Author Gordley, James, author

Title The jurists : a critical history / James Gordley
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014

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Contents Cover; Contents; Prologue; I: Ius Civile: The Roman Jurists; Origins; Method; Roman law and Greek philosophy; Roman law and later civil law; Roman law and common law; II: Ius Commune: The Medieval Jurists; i: The civilians; Origins; Method; ii: The canonists; Origins; A similar method, different authorities; The interaction of civil and canon law; The external and the internal forum; III: Ius et Iustitia: The Late Scholastics; Origins; Commutative justice and private law; The late scholastics and Roman law; The development of international public law; The late scholastics and canon law
The late scholastics and metaphysicsIV: De Iure Civile in Artem Redigendo: The Humanist Ideal; i: Studia humanitatis: the Renaissance humanists; ii: Mos gallicus: the French humanists; V: Ius Naturae et Gentium: The Iusnaturalists; VI: Droit Civil Français: The French Alternative; i: Droit civil selon l'ordre naturel; ii: Code civil; VII: Usus Modernus Pandectarum: The German-Dutch Alternative; VIII: Mos Geometricus: The Coming of Rationalism; An innovation in metaphysics; An innovation in method; An innovation in principle; Conclusion; IX: Novus Ordo: Positivism and Conceptualism; Positivism
L'école de l'exégèse in FrancePandektenrecht in Germany; Anglo-American common law; Conceptualism; International law; Private law; X: Ubinam Gentium Sumus? After Positivism and Conceptualism; The revolt; The appeal to intuition; The evaluation of interests; The appeal to social purpose: abus de droit; The appeal to the social sciences; Whither?; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
Summary Current Western law has been shaped by the work of successive schools of jurists throughout the ages. From ancient Rome to the present, this book describes their work in their historical context and their influence on later schools
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 5, 2013)
Subject Law -- Europe -- History
Law -- Europe -- Interpretation and construction -- History
Lawyers -- Europe -- History
Law
Law -- Interpretation and construction
Lawyers
Europe
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780191768286
0191768286