Fälle aus der Rechtsgeschichte

The history of law is above all also a history of litigation. Renowned legal historians from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Argentina present 18 authentic cases from European legal history. The chronological arc ranges from late republican Rome to the fin de siècle of the 19th century. They present the underlying facts, place them in historical context, and subject the texts to detailed exegesis. Numerous contemporary illustrations illustrate the material.§- On the so-called causa Curiana (90 B.C.)§- The "Trial of Iusta" (A.D. 70)§- A legal case from Roman Egypt (A.D. 186.)§- Julian and the discovery of the contract in rem§- The pig in the wolf's mouth§- The Lotharian marriage dispute (8th century)§- The trial of Henry the Lion (1178/1180)§- Artur of Brittany in Azo's Thirteenth Quaesti.