Authorities in Early Modern Law Courts
Guido Rossi
Abstract
This volume looks at the influence of the decisions of law courts on the development of the substantive law across Europe in the early modern period. Did law courts contribute to the development of the law? Were their decisions considered to be authoritative even beyond the specific cases on which they were rendered? If so, was such authority given by the pronouncement of the court itself or by its wide use and circulation among both legal practitioners and judges?
These difficult questions, typically ducked by scholars, lie at the core of this book, which seeks to provide a critical and stim ... More
This volume looks at the influence of the decisions of law courts on the development of the substantive law across Europe in the early modern period. Did law courts contribute to the development of the law? Were their decisions considered to be authoritative even beyond the specific cases on which they were rendered? If so, was such authority given by the pronouncement of the court itself or by its wide use and circulation among both legal practitioners and judges?
These difficult questions, typically ducked by scholars, lie at the core of this book, which seeks to provide a critical and stimulating overview of the role of early modern law courts in the complex transition from the late Middle Ages to the modern period.
Keywords:
law courts,
legal authority,
early modern Europe,
legal precedent,
legal development
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2021 |
Print ISBN-13: 9781474451000 |
| Published to Edinburgh Scholarship Online: May 2022 |
DOI:10.3366/edinburgh/9781474451000.001.0001 |
