The Jurists

Auteur
Professor James Gordley is W.R. Irby Professor of Law at Tulane Law School since 2007. He has been the author of many titles including; The Development of Liability between Neighbours, ed. (Cambridge University Press, 2010). Foundations of Private Law (Oxford University Press, 2006) and An Introduction to the Comparative Study of Private Law Readings, Cases, Materials (with Arthur von Mehren)(Cambridge University Press, 2006).

Texte du rabat

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.

Contenu

1. Ius civile: The Roman jurists ; 2. Ius commune: The medieval jurists ; 3. Ius et iustitia: The late scholastics ; 4. De iure civile in artem redigendo: The humanist ideal ; 5. Ius naturae et gentium: The jusnaturalists ; 6. Droit civil francais: The French altenative ; 7. Usus modernus pandectarum: The German-Dutch alternative ; 8. Mos geometricus: The coming of rationalism ; 9. Novus ordo: Positivism and conceptualism ; 10. Ubinam gentium sumus: After positivism and conceptualism