{"product_id":"jurists-and-jurisprudence-in-medieval-italy-9781487507480","title":"Jurists and Jurisprudence in Medieval Italy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJurists and Jurisprudence in Medieval Italy\u003c\/em\u003e is an original collection of texts exemplifying medieval Italian jurisprudence, known as the \u003ci\u003eius commune\u003c\/i\u003e. Translated for the first time into English, many of the texts exist only in early printed editions and manuscripts. Featuring commentaries by leading medieval civil law jurists, notably Azo Portius, Accursius, Albertus Gandinus, Bartolus of Sassoferrato, and Baldus de Ubaldis, this book covers a wide range of topics, including how to teach and study law, the production of legal texts, the ethical norms guiding practitioners, civil and criminal procedures, and family matters.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe translations, together with context-setting introductions, highlight fundamental legal concepts and practices and the milieu in which jurists operated. They offer entry points for exploring perennial subjects such as the professionalization of lawyers, the tangled relationship between law and morality, the role of gender in the socio-lega\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface by Lawrin Armstrong Acknowledgments Abbreviations Short Titles   Introduction   1. Professors and Students   1. Foundations    1.1. The Constitution Habita of Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa (1155\/58)   1.2. Accursius’s Glosses to the Constitution Habita   1.3. Students as Citizens in the Statutes of Modena (1327)   2. \"We Give You the Licence to Teach Here and Everywhere\"    2.1. Baldus de Ubaldis, Consilium on the Studium Generale of Milan (ca. 1393- 1396)   3. Privileges of Doctors and Students    3.1. Simon of Borsano, Privileges of Doctors and Students (1361- 1370)   4. How to Teach and Study Canon and Civil Law    4.1. Franciscus de Zabarellis, How to Teach and Study Canon and Civil Law (ca. 1410)   5. The Many Dwelling Places of Civil Wisdozm    5.1. Bartolus of Sassoferrato, Oration on Conferring the Doctorate of Law   6. Death Benefits    6.1. Consilium of Jacobus Niccoli (1400)   7. Hired Hands    7.1. Azo, Hiring (1208- 1210)   7.2. Rainerius of Perugia, Leasing out a Work to be Copied (1242)   7.3. Salatiele, Copyists and Other Persons Obligating Themselves to Perform Services [Contract and Glosses] (1248- 1254)   7.4. Rolandinus de Passegeriis, Hiring Another Person’s Services to Copy a Work (1273)   8. Law Students’ Books    8.1. Baldus de Ubaldis, Consilium [I] (ca. 1393–1396)   8.2. Baldus de Ubaldis, Consilium [II] (ca. 1393–1396)   9. \"Many Books\"    9.1. Oldradus de Ponte, Whether It Is Advantageous to Have Many Books (ca. 1320s)   10. Nobility, Usefulness, and Origin of Law    10.1. Doctoral Oration (ca. 1450)   2. Legal Profession   11. Advocates    11.1. Guilelmus Durantis, Mirror of Law (ca. 1284- 1289)   12. Fees    12.1. Azo, Quaestio disputata   13. Proof of a Doctoral Degree    13.1. Certifying a Judge’s Doctoral Degree in Florence (1374)   14. Bella Figura: Florentine Jurists and Their Wives    14.1. Deliberation of the Guild of Judges and Notaries of Florence (9 Sept. 1366)   14.2. Provisions of Florence’s Sumptuary Laws, 1377 and 1388   14.3. Stephanus de Bonacursis and Others, Consilium on the Exemption of Jurists and Their Wives from Florence’s Sumptuary Laws (1390)   15. A Waste of Time    15.1. Franco Sacchetti, Novella XL (ca. 1392- 1393)   16. \"From the Mouth of God\"    16.1. Eulogy of Marianus Socinus the Elder of Siena (1467)   3. Civil and Criminal Procedure   17. Civil Procedure    17.1. Civil Procedure in the Statutes of Florence (1415)   18. Consilium Sapientis    18.1. Requesting a consilium sapientis, Statutes of Florence (1415)   19. Witnesses    19.1. Treatise on Witnesses (Scientiam) (ca. 1230s)   20. False Testimony    20.1. Franciscus de Guicciardinis, Consilium (ca. 1505- 1516)   21. Criminal Procedure    21.1. Albertus Gandinus, Tract on Crimes (1300)   21.2. Judicial Inquiry of Albertus Gandinus against Cambinus Belli of Florence (1289)   21.3. Expenses Incurred during a Trial (1298)   4. Crime   22. Wounds from Assault    22.1. Tract on Wounds   23. Self-defence    23.1. Baldus de Ubaldis, Consilium (ca. 1384)   24. Vendetta    24.1. Baldus de Ubaldis, Consilium (ca. 1391–1393)   25. Adultery    25.1. Ivus de Coppolis, Consilium (ca. 1420–1441)   26. Abortion    26.1. Digest, Glossa, and Bartolus of Sassoferrato   26.2. Statutes of Biella (1245)   26.3. Statutes of Siena (1309)   26.4. Statutes of Castiglion Aretino (1384)   26.5. Albericus of Rosciate, Questions Concerning Statutes (1358)   5. Personal and Civic Status   27. Serfdom    27.1. Martinus of Fano, Serfs (ca. 1256- 1259)   27.2. Martinus of Fano, Notarial Forms for Drafting Contracts and Written Complaints (ca. 1232)   28. Citizenship    28.1. Statutes of Arezzo (1327): \"Rubrics on Making New Citizens\"   29. Citizen Bartolus    29.1. Petition to Grant Bartolus of Sassoferrato and His Brother Bonacursius Perugian Citizenship (1348)   30. Making New Citizens    30.1. Bartolus of Sassoferrato, Consilium   31. Dual Citizenship    31.1. An Anonymous Opinion and Baldus de Ubaldis, Consilium (ca. 1376- 1379)   32. Loss and Reacquisition of Citizenship    32.1. Angelus de Ubaldis, Consilium   33. Married Women’s Citizenship (1)    33.1. Digest, Code, Glossa, and Bartolus of Sassoferrato   34. Married Women’s Citizenship (2)    34.1. Jacobus de Fermo, Consilium (ca. 1400)   34.2. Dionisius de Barigianis, Consilium (ca. post 1411)   35. Jews as Citizens    35.1. Ordinance on the Privileges and Obligations of Jewish Residents of Perugia (1381)   6. Family Matters   36. Paternal Power (Patria Potestas)    36.1. Institutes (1.9): \"Paternal Power\"   36.2. Glosses to Institutes (1.9): \"Paternal Power\"   36.3. Angelus de Gambilionibus, Commentary to § Ius autem (Inst. 1.9.2) (ca. 1441- 1449)   36.4. Statutes of Perugia (1342): \"Damnable Children Harming Their Own Parents\"   36.5. Statutes of Chianciano (1287): \"Contract Made by a Son-in-Power\"   36.6. Albericus of Rosciate, Questions Concerning Statutes (1358)   36.7. Franciscus de Guicciardinis, Consilium (ca. 1505–1516)   37. Children Born Illegitimately    37.1. Benedictus de Barzis, Children Born Illegitimately (1456)   38. Contracting Marriage in Late Medieval Florence    38.1. Betrothal Contract (Sponsalitium) (1391)   38.2. Contracting Marriage (Anulum) (1391)   39. Dowries    39.1. Martinus Gosia, The Law of Dowries (ca. 1140)   40. Vested Interests    40.1. Bartolus of Sassoferrato, Commentary to Dig. 24. 3. 66. 1, In his rebus quas, § Servis uxoris   40.2. Angelus de Ubaldis, Consilium   40.3. Petrus de Albisis, Consilium   41. Prohibition of Gifts between Husband and Wife    41.1. Dig. 24. 1. 1, Moribus   41.2. Dig. 24. 1. 2, Non cessat   41.3. Baldus de Ubaldis, [First] Commentary to Dig. 24. 1. 1, Moribus   41.4. Baldus de Ubaldis, [Second] Commentary to Dig. 24. 1. 1, Moribus   41.5. Baldus de Ubaldis, Consilium (ca. 1396- 1400)   42. Remarriage of Widows and Conflicting Claims to the Dowry    42.1. Franciscus de Albergottis, Consilium (ca. 1362- 1364)   42.2. Baldus de Ubaldis, Consilium (ca. 1362- 1364)   43. Testamentary and Intestate Succession    43.1. Bartolus of Sassoferrato, Last Will (1356)   43.2. Bartolus of Sassoferrato, Consilium on Succession in stirpes or in capita   43.3. Bartolus of Sassoferrato, Consilium on Succession by Line of Descent   43.4. Angelus de Ubaldis, Consilium   44. Fraternal Households    44.1. Jacobus de Balduinis, Brothers Living Together (ca. post 1213)   45. Support    45.1. Martinus de Fano, Support (ca. 1265- 1272)   Glossary   Appendix 1. The Medieval System of Legal Citations   Appendix 2. 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