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MEDIEVAL STUDIES 119:
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In what follows Bellomo=Manlio Bellomo, The Common Legal Past of Europe: 1000-1800 (Washington, DC: Catholic U. Press, 1995); Berman = H. Berman, Law and Revolution: The Formation of the Western Legal Tradition (Cambridge [MA]: Harvard Press, 1983); K1500 = H.G. Koenigsberger, Medieval Europe, 400-1500 (Harlow: Longman, 1987); K1789 = H.G. Koenigsberger, Early Modern Europe, 1500-1789 (Harlow: Longman, 1987); Documents = C. Donahue, Documents on Continental Legal History (unpublished, first installment available in class or in Room 518 of Hauser Hall); RFG2 = O. F. Robinson, T. D. Fergus and W. M. Gordon, An Introduction to European Legal History, 2d ed. (London: Butterworths, 1994); RFG3 = O. F. Robinson, T. D. Fergus and W. M. Gordon, An Introduction to European Legal History, 3d ed. (London: Butterworths, 2000); van Caenegem = R. C. van Caenegem, An Historical Introduction to Private Law (Cambridge [Eng]: U. Cambridge, 1988); Vinogradoff = P. Vinogradoff, Roman Law in Medieval Europe, 2d ed. (Oxford: Clarendon, 1929); Watson = A. Watson, The Making of The Civil Law (Cambridge [MA]: Harvard Press, 1981). |
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Introduction to the course. A basic chronology of three legal traditions: Roman, Continental European and English. Introduction to Roman law. Bellomo, 1–26; van Caenegem, 1–15; RFG2 vi-x; RFG3 v–vii, 285–319. |
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Reflections on the distinction between “common law” and “civil law” and on what we mean by the “Western legal tradition.” The legacy of the ancient world: Roman law. RFG2 1–10; RFG3 1–11; Watson 1–38. Justinian’s Institutes (Documents, Part I.A). [Focus on the overall structure of Justinian’s Institutes and on the specifics about wild animals and marriage (there’s nothing about witnesses).] How the story came out. (Documents, Part XX). [Ask yourself about the overall structure and the rules about wild animals, marriage and witnesses in the 19th century codifications. Are the different codes more notable for their similarities or their differences?] |
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The legacy of the ancient world: Christianity. Paul’s letter to the Romans ( Documents, Part II.A). |
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Two “barbarian” law codes—Aethelberht (Documents, Part III.A). [Ask yourself two questions: (1) What is the overall structure of this material? (2) What, if anything, does it have to say about wild animals, marriage and witnesses?] |
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Two “barbarian” law codes—Gundobad (compared with the Lex romana burgundionum) (Documents, Part III.B). [Same questions as Lecture 3.] |
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The “barbarian” invasions van Caenegem, 16–29; RFG2 10–23; RFG3 11–25; Vinogradoff 11–42. Aethelberht and Gundobad compared. Documents, Part III. |
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Reflections on “fundamental legal categories”: ius vs. lex, public vs. private, criminal vs. civil, persons vs. things vs. actions, property vs. contract vs. delict (tort). Justinian’s Institutes (Documents, Part I.A). [K1500 1–66.] |
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Carolingian institutions and “feudalism”. Bellomo, 27–43; RFG2 23–70; RFG3 26–41; Documents on Continental feudalism (Documents, Part IV). [K1500 67–135.] |
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Eleventh-century reforms and a glimpse at regnum and sacerdotium, to the end of the 13th century. Berman 85–119, 273–332. Documents on the investiture controversy (Documents, Part V). [K1500 136–212.] The Collection in 74 Titles. (Documents, Part VI). |
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Eclectic sources of law: the Bible, Æthelberht and Gundobad, the Collection in 74 Titles (Documents, Parts II.B, III, VI). [Same questions as Lecture 3.] |
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The legacy of the ancient world: New Testament extracts on marriage (Documents, Part II.B). Witnesses in the Bible (Documents, Part II.C). |
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Holiday, President’s Day. |
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The revival of academic law study: Roman law. Bellomo 44–61, 89–117; RFG2 71–99; RFG3 42–58; Vinogradoff 43–70. Roman law glossators on wild animals (J.I.2.1.12–13, D.41.1.55) (Documents, Part VII). |
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Wild animals in the glossators. (Documents, Part VII). |
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Marriage in the glossators. (Documents, Part VIII). |
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The institutions of canon law. RFG2 122–152; RFG3 72–90. Substantive canon law. Marriage (J.I.1.10, D.23.2.5–6, Gratian C.27 q.2, Peter Lombard, selected decretals on marriage) (Documents, Part VIII). |
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The revival of academic law study: Romano-canonical procedure. Witnesses (D.22.5, Gratian C.4 q.3, Tancred 3.6) (Documents, Part IX). Read van Caenegem, 30–114 (this is a good overview for the hour exam, though it takes us quite a bit further in time). |
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How do we design a procecural system? (Documents, Parts VI and IX.) |
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Reform and the “twelfth-century renaissance.” (Documents, Parts V, VI, VII and VIII (revisited)). [review K1500 67–212; read K1500 213–80] |
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Marriage litigation in the High Middle Ages. Smith c. Dolling (1271–1272) (Documents Part XIV.A). Adam Attebury c. Matilda de la Leye (1271–72) (Documents, Part XIV.B). |
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Coutumiers and fueros. Extracts from the Usatges de Barcelona on witnesses, marriage, and wild animals (Documents Part X.A). |
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How to read a case. Documents, Part XIV.A–B. |
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The institutional history of the 12th and 13th centuries. Bellomo 61–88; RFG2 179–207; RFG3 129–168; Vinogradoff 71–96. [review K1500 213–80] |
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Courts and coutumiers in France. Extracts from the coutume of Tourraine-Anjou and from Beaumanoir on witnesses, marriage and marital property, and wild animals (Documents Part X.B, C). |
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Political ideas of the 12th and 13th centuries. Extracts from the glossators and early commentators on sovereignty. (Documents Part XI) |
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Usatges and Beaumanoir. (Documents, Part X.) |
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(Will cover Assignments 1–25.) |
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The fourteenth and fifteenth centuries—Political and constitutional developments. Bellomo 118–61. [K1500 281–387.] |
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The commentators. RFG2 100–121; RFG3 59–71, 107–24. Documents, Parts XII and XIII. |
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Law and politics in the 13th century. (Documents, Parts XI.) |
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The formation of a persecuting society? Developments in the law of witnesses: Tractatus de reprobatione testium; Gandinus, Tractatus de maleficiis; Robertus Maranta, Speculum Aureum (Documents, Part XII). |
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Commentators on wild animals: Bartolus on D.41.1.1, .5 (Documents, Part XIII.A, B); Portius and Faber on J.I.2.2.11–13 (Documents, Part XIII.C–E) |
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Courts and case reports—14th through 18th Centuries. Watson 39–52. Decisio S.R.R. (1360 X 1365); Decisio S.R.R. (1574); the Rota Fiorentina (1780) (Gorla article) (Documents, Part XIV.B, C, D, E). |
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Marriage in legal theory and legal practice. Documents, Part XIV. Pay particular attention to Panormitanus, Consilium (15th c.) (Documents Part XIV.C). |
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Courts and case reports (cont’d). Decisio S.R.R. (1360 X 1365); Decisio S.R.R. (1574); Panormitanus, Consilia; the Rota Fiorentina (1780) (Gorla article) (Documents, Part XIV.B, D, E) |
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“Renaissance” Europe—Political, intellectual and, constitutional developments. Bellomo 162–73. [K1789 1–94.] |
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Homologation of custom and reception. RFG2 311–352; RFG3 188–212; Watson 53–82. Coutumes de la prevoste et vicomte de Paris (Documents, Part XVI.C). |
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Legal humanism. (Documents, Part XV). Pithou on the Collatio (Documents, Part XV). |
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Humanists, humanism and the law. RFG2 280–310; RFG3 169–187. Bodin on political theory (Documents, Part XV). |
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The 17th and 18th centuries—Political, constitutional, and intellectual developments. RFG2 353–376, 406–37; RFG3 313–67. [K1789 161–281.] The Grandes ordonnances. Decree, Tametsi; Ordonnance of Blois; Ordonnance pour la procédure civile (Documents, Part XVI.A, B, D (pp. 2–4, 5–6). |
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The institutes of national law (Documents, Part XVII). Intellectual developments and the law (Outline for Lecture 20) |
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Compilations, proto-codification, codification. Documents, Parts XVI and XVII. |
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The institutes of national law (cont’d). (Documents, Part XVII). Intellectual developments and the law (Outline for Lecture 20) |
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Spanish scholastics, “elegant jurisprudes,” the natural law school, and the usus modernus pandectarum. Watson 83–98. The academics in action. Pufendorf on wild animals (Documents, Part XVIII). |
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The academics in action (cont’d). Pufendorf on wild animals (Documents, Part XVIII). |
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The relation between abstract ideas and legal results. Documents, Part XVIII. |
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Domat and Pothier. Watson 99–125. Domat on marriage, wild animals, and witnesses; Pothier on marriage and wild animals (Documents, Part XIX). (Documents, Part XIX). |
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Final Lecture. The achievements and failures of the ancien régime. The road to codification. van Caenegem, 115–46, 170–97; RFG3 269–285. [K1789 282–331]. |
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Review. No specific assignment. |
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Assignment 1 |
Introduction to the course. Introduction to Roman law. |
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Assignment 2 |
The legacy of the ancient world: Roman law. How the story came out |
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Assignment 3 |
The legacy of the ancient world: Christianity |
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Assignment 4 |
Two “barbarian” law codes—Aethelberht |
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Assignment 5 |
Two “barbarian” law codes—Gundobad |
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Assignment 6 |
The “barbarian” invasions; Aethelberht and Gundobad compared |
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Assignment 7 |
Reflections on “fundamental legal categories” |
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Assignment 8 |
Carolingian institutions and “feudalism” |
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Assignment 9 |
Eleventh-century reforms and a glimpse at regnum and sacerdotium, to the end of the 13th century. The Collection in 74 Titles |
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Assignment 10 |
Eclectic sources of law |
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Assignment 11 |
New Testament extracts on marriage |
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Holiday |
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Assignment 12 |
The revival of academic law study: Roman law |
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Assignment 14 |
Wild animals in the glossators |
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Assignment 15 |
Marriage in the glossators |
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Assignment 13 |
The institutions of canon law |
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Assignment 16 |
The revival of academic law study: Romano-canonical procedure |
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Assignment 17 |
How do we design a procecural system? |
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Assignment 18 |
Reform and the “twelfth-century renaissance.” |
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Assignment 19 |
Marriage litigation in the High Middle Ages |
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Assignment 20 |
Coutumiers and fueros |
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Assignment 21 |
How to read a case. |
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Assignment 22 |
The institutional history of the 12th and 13th centuries. |
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Assignment 23 |
Courts and coutumiers in France. |
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Assignment 24 |
Political ideas of the 12th and 13th centuries. |
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Assignment 25 |
Usatges and Beaumanoir |
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Hour exam |
(Will cover Assignments 1–25) |
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Fri., Mar. 22 |
Spring Vacation |
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Assignment 26 |
The fourteenth and fifteenth centuries—Political and constitutional developments. |
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Assignment 27 |
The commentators. |
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Assignment 28 |
Law and politics in the 13th century. |
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Assignment 29 |
The formation of a persecuting society? (Short paper topics must be chosen by this date.) |
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Assignment 30 |
Commentators on wild animals. |
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Assignment 31 |
Courts and case reports. |
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Assignment 32 |
Marriage in legal theory and legal practice. |
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Assignment 33 |
Courts and case reports (cont’d). |
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Assignment 34 |
“Renaissance” Europe—Political, intellectual and constitutional developments. |
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Assignment 35 |
Homologation of custom and reception. |
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Assignment 36 |
Legal humanism. |
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Assignment 37 |
Humanists, humanism and the law. (Section will meet in the Root Room of the HLS Library) |
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Assignment 38 |
The 17th and centuries—Political, constitutional, and intellectual developments. The Grandes ordonnances. |
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Assignment 39 |
The institutes of national law. Intellectual developments and the law. |
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Assignment 40 |
Compilations, proto-codification, codification. (Statement of term papers due.) |
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Assignment 41 |
The institutes of national law (cont’d). Intellectual developments and the law (cont’d). |
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Assignment 42 |
Spanish scholastics, “elegant jurisprudes,” the natural law school, and the usus modernus pandectarum. Pufendorf on wild animals. |
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Assignment 43 |
Pufendorf on wild animals (cont’d). |
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Assignment 44 |
The relation between abstract ideas and legal results. (Last date for turning in short paper drafts.) |
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Assignment 45 |
Domat and Pothier. |
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Assignment 46 |
Final Lecture. |
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No assignment |
Review. |
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Fri., May. 10 |
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Final draft of short paper due. |
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