The Techniques and Methods of Judicial Records and Law Reports. Vol. 1: Essays
Description
Legal scholars from every nation are usually guided by the formations of their own legal system and, if they do dare to cross boundaries, by the two big legal »families«: the continental European and the Anglo-American legal system. These two legal systems are usually treated as systems that isolated themselves and have separate historical developments. The goal of the CSC is to correct this skewed view. On the one hand, each of the two legal systems never formed a monolithic unit: one only has to bear in mind the differences between the German and the French legal system or the fact that US Law is drifting away from English Common Law. On the other hand, the model of two isolated legal systems has proven to be fragile and antiquated: the mutual influence and common features are forces that have shaped the legal development substantially on both sides. It is also due to the research results published so far in the CSC, that these notions have been corrected. It is the intent of the CSC, which is kindly sponsored by the Gerda Henkel Foundation, to further bridge the gap between the two legal systems.
Overview
Inhalt: D. J. Ibbetson / A. Wijffels, Case Law in the Making: The Techniques and Methods of Judicial Records and Law Reports - J. H. Baker, The Common-Law Courts of Medieval England: Year Books and Plea Rolls - D. J. Ibbetson, Report and Record in Early-Modern Common Law - W. H. Bryson, Equity Reports and Records in Early-Modern England - R. H. Helmholz, Records and Reports: The English Ecclesiastical Courts - W. H. Bryson, Virginia Law Reports and Records, 1776-1800 - A. Romano, La Regia Gran Corte del Regno di Sicilia - C. Vallone, Corti feudali e poteri di giustizia nel Salento medievale - M. Ascheri, La Rota della Repubblica di Siena nel secolo XVI - B. Auzary-Schmaltz / S. Dauchy, Le Parlement de Paris - B. Auzary-Schmaltz, Les recueils d'arrêts privés au Moyen Age - S. Dauchy, Les recueils privés de 'jurisprudence' aux Temps Modernes - J. Bart, Les archives judiciaires du Parlement de Dijon - M. Petitjean, Les recueils d'arrêts bourguignons - F. Ranieri, Entscheidungsfindung und Technik der Urteilsredaktion in der Tradition des deutschen Usus modernus: das Beispiel der Aktenrelationen am Reichskammergericht - A. Wijffels, Grand Conseil de Malines: La rédaction des sentences étendues et le recueil de jurisprudence de Guillaume de Grysperre - J. T. de Smidt / C. Verhas, Le "Hoge Raad" (La Haye), Cour Suprême de Hollande, Zélande et Frise Occidentale - G. Dolezalek, Litigation at the Rota Romana, particularly around 1700
Press Reviews
»Der Band eröffnet reiche Einsichten in die Vielfalt überlieferter Quellen zur Tätigkeit höchster Gerichte in ganz Europa. Allein der Quellenband liefert lohnende und farbige Lektüre. Die Aufsätze selbst reichen über bloße Quellenkunden weit hinaus. Sie führen vor Augen, in welcher Weise die Quellen einerseits in ihrer jeweiligen Eigenart akzeptiert werden müssen, damit andererseits sodann aus ihrem Verständnis Einsicht in ihre Funktion und in die Arbeits- und Denkweise der mit ihnen befaßten Juristen gewonnen werden kann.« Hans Peter Glöckner, in: Ius Commune, 27 (2000)
