Comparative Legal HistoryPub Date : 2025-05-05eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1080/2049677X.2025.2500175
Sarah B White
{"title":"Reasoning and reconciliation in twelfth-century Anglo-Norman legal writing.","authors":"Sarah B White","doi":"10.1080/2049677X.2025.2500175","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/2049677X.2025.2500175","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article explores legal reasoning and reconciliation of sources in late twelfth-century legal writing, focusing on four Romano-canonical procedural treatises ('Olim edebatur editio', the <i>ordo</i> of Ricardus Anglicus, <i>Actor et reus</i> and the <i>Ordo Bambergensis</i>) and the English common law treatise known as <i>Glanvill</i>. Through a comparative lens, the study highlights how these works addressed conflicts between legal authorities while reflecting broader intellectual trends of the twelfth century. The <i>ordines</i> employ rhetorical techniques, such as contrasting old and new law and learned opinion, to guide legal practitioners through complex legal landscapes. Each text showcases distinct approaches to balancing practical legal knowledge with theoretical discourse. Meanwhile, <i>Glanvill</i> engages more extensively with dilemmatic methods, using questions as a foundational tool for systematic inquiry. Ultimately, these works reveal the authors' efforts to reconcile diverse legal traditions, highlighting the role of rhetorical strategies in shaping legal reasoning and the broader evolution of legal thought during this period.</p>","PeriodicalId":53815,"journal":{"name":"Comparative Legal History","volume":"13 1","pages":"3-41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12333084/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144818233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Arbeit und Familie in Nordwesteuropa im Spätmittelalter und in der Frühen Neuzeit / Travail et famille en Europe du Nord-Ouest au bas Moyen Âge et à l’époque moderne","authors":"Anna Bellavitis, Siglinde Clementi","doi":"10.1080/2049677x.2024.2349856","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/2049677x.2024.2349856","url":null,"abstract":"Published in Comparative Legal History (Vol. 12, No. 1, 2024)","PeriodicalId":53815,"journal":{"name":"Comparative Legal History","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141504831","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"We, the King. Creating royal legislation in the sixteenth century Spanish New World","authors":"Alejandro Agüero","doi":"10.1080/2049677x.2024.2349857","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/2049677x.2024.2349857","url":null,"abstract":"Published in Comparative Legal History (Ahead of Print, 2024)","PeriodicalId":53815,"journal":{"name":"Comparative Legal History","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141153151","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Intervention and state sovereignty in Central Europe, 1500–1780","authors":"Stephan Wendehorst","doi":"10.1080/2049677x.2024.2349846","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/2049677x.2024.2349846","url":null,"abstract":"Published in Comparative Legal History (Ahead of Print, 2024)","PeriodicalId":53815,"journal":{"name":"Comparative Legal History","volume":"159 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140938423","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Routledge handbook of public taxation in medieval Europe","authors":"Jane Frecknall-Hughes","doi":"10.1080/2049677x.2024.2349854","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/2049677x.2024.2349854","url":null,"abstract":"Published in Comparative Legal History (Ahead of Print, 2024)","PeriodicalId":53815,"journal":{"name":"Comparative Legal History","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141153147","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The ideal river: how control of nature shaped the international order","authors":"Jan-Henrik Meyer","doi":"10.1080/2049677x.2024.2349847","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/2049677x.2024.2349847","url":null,"abstract":"Published in Comparative Legal History (Ahead of Print, 2024)","PeriodicalId":53815,"journal":{"name":"Comparative Legal History","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140938325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparative nomogenetics: revisiting Wigmore’s oriental(ist) encounter and the taxonomy of his approach to global legal history","authors":"Morad El Kadmiri","doi":"10.1080/2049677x.2024.2349851","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/2049677x.2024.2349851","url":null,"abstract":"John Henry Wigmore’s life experience as a Westerniser teaching Anglo-American Law in Japan from 1889 to 1892 is an example of legal orientalism. Engaging in the historical study of Japanese law des...","PeriodicalId":53815,"journal":{"name":"Comparative Legal History","volume":"159 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140938426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Le danze di Clio e Astrea. Fondamenti storici del diritto europeo","authors":"Dante Fedele","doi":"10.1080/2049677x.2024.2349848","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/2049677x.2024.2349848","url":null,"abstract":"Published in Comparative Legal History (Ahead of Print, 2024)","PeriodicalId":53815,"journal":{"name":"Comparative Legal History","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141153234","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"State law and legal positivism: the global rise of a new paradigm","authors":"Fupeng Li, Zijian Zheng","doi":"10.1080/2049677x.2023.2270382","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/2049677x.2023.2270382","url":null,"abstract":"Published in Comparative Legal History (Ahead of Print, 2023)","PeriodicalId":53815,"journal":{"name":"Comparative Legal History","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138690436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Explaining tort and crime legal development across laws and legal systems 1850–2020 <b>Explaining tort and crime legal development across laws and legal systems 1850–2020</b> , by Matthew Dyson, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2022, 448 pp, £95.00 (hardcover), ISBN 9781107144866","authors":"James Gordley","doi":"10.1080/2049677x.2023.2270381","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/2049677x.2023.2270381","url":null,"abstract":"Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Notes1 (1825) 4 B & C 247, 255. 107 ER 1051, 1054.2 CG Addison, Wrongs and their Remedies (2nd edn, London 1864) 481, quoting Williams v Jones, T Hard 298, 301, 95 ER 193, 194 (KB 1727).3 (1853) 2 El & Bl 216, 118 ER 749.4 (1881) 6 QBD 333.5 WVH Rogers, Winfield & Jolowicz on Tort (16th edn, London 2002) § 12.30 436.6 Ibid § 12.35 441.7 Ibid § 4.6 74–75.8 Ibid § 18.5 630.9 London, 1887.10 Ibid 17 (‘the Roman conception of delict altogether supports … the conception that really appears to underlie the English law of torts’).11 Ibid.12 Ibid 21.13 Ibid 22–23.14 Friedrich Karl von Savigny, System des heutigen Römischen Rechts 2 (Berlin, 1840) § 82 (‘the will to commit a violation of the law’); Bernhard Windscheid, Lehrbuch des Pandektenrechts 1 1(4th edn, Dusseldorf 1875) § 101 (the ‘will for the ensuing event’ (287) which the actor knows to be ‘unlawful’ (288–89)).15 ‘Of delicts and quasi-delicts’ is the title of the Code 3.4.2. On the meaning of the terms, see Jean-Baptiste Treilhard, ‘Présentation au Corps legislative, et exposé des motifs’ in PA Fenet, Recueil complet des travaux préparatoires du Code Civil (Paris 1827) 464, 467.16 Robert Pothier, Traité des obligations 1 (Paris 1761) no 116.17 CBM Toullier, Le droit civil français 11 (Paris 1846) no 113, 115 136–38.18 I III.13.2.19 Reinhard Zimmermann, The Law of Obligations Roman Foundations of the Civilian Tradition (Juta 1990) 16–17.20 Toullier, Droit civil no 116, 148–49.21 Ibid 149 no 2, citing D 1.9.2.44-45 (‘qui prohibere potererit teneatur si non fecerit’); Prussian Code pt 1, tit 6, no 59 (‘celui qui souffre sciemment ce qu’il pouvait et devait empêcher, en rêpond comme si l’avait ordonné’); Jean Domat, Les lois civiles liv 2, tit 8, sect 4, no 8 (‘ceux qui, pouvant empêcher un dommage que quelque devoir les engageait de prevenir, y auront manqué, pourront en être tenus’).22 Ibid no 119 150.23 Ibid n 1 citing the Lex Aquilia, D 9.5.1.24 Zimmermann, Law of Obligations 1027–28.25 254 n 82, citing Toullier, Le droit civil français 11: nos 156–8.26 Ibid no 158 211.27 Ibid no 119 151.28 D 50.17.55.","PeriodicalId":53815,"journal":{"name":"Comparative Legal History","volume":"87 5","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135432702","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}