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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2021

William Eves
Affiliation:
University of St Andrews, Scotland
John Hudson
Affiliation:
University of St Andrews, Scotland
Ingrid Ivarsen
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
Sarah B. White
Affiliation:
University of St Andrews, Scotland

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Common Law, Civil Law, and Colonial Law
Essays in Comparative Legal History from the Twelfth to the Twentieth Centuries
, pp. 323 - 338
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021
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Index

Aboriginal title. See Radical versus aboriginal title
Académie des Inscriptions et des Belles Lettres, 244
Accursius (Italian jurist), 28, 3031
Acher, Jean, 40
Acta Eruditorum (journal), 165
Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, 166, 172173
Albert, Pere. See Pere Albert
Albert (Prince Consort of England), 246
Alexander II (Scotland), 51, 58, 83
Alexander III (Scotland), 37, 7578, 8182
Analysis of the Laws of England (Blackstone), 20, 172
Anderson, Edmund, 133134
d’Andrea, Giovanni. See Giovanni d’Andrea
Annalen der Brittischen Geschichte (journal), 181
Annales of Literature (journal), 137138
Anselm of Canterbury (Archbishop), 149
Anti-Corn Law League, 237
Antiquities of Rome (Kennett), 134
Anti-Slavery and Aborigines’ Protection Society, 282283
Arcadia (Sidney), 101
Archaeologia Greca or the Antiquities of Greece (Potter), 134
de Ardizone, Iacobus, See Iacobus de Ardizone
Ashley, Francis, 114
Assizes of David I, 79
Attwood, Bain, 274
Augustus (Rome), 128
Aulus Gellius (Roman author), 130131
de Aurelianis, Iacobus. See Iacobus de Aurelianis
d’Aurillac, Pierre Jame. See Pierre Jame d’Aurillac
Austin, John, 5
Australia, radical versus aboriginal title in. See also Radical versus aboriginal title
aboriginal title, 279280
Batman’s Treaty (1835), 274
case law, 264265, 272273
Gove Peninsula and, 274
historical evolution, 272274
Privy Council and, 272273
treaties, effect of, 274
uninhabited, land deemed prior to colonisation, 272274
Yolngu people and, 274
Australian High Court, English law in
comparative legal history and, 1819
contributory negligence and, 292
Court of Appeal precedent, 291293
evolution of relationship with English law, 286289
House of Lords precedent, 292
insanity defense and, 294295
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and, 298
matrimonial law and, 291293
M’Naghten rule and, 294295
§92 cases, 296297
overview, 1819, 286289, 303304
Parker v. The Queen (1963), 286289, 295300
Piro v. Foster (1943), 292
Privy Council and, 1819, 287289, 294304
promissory estoppel and, 293294
unified common law, importance of maintaining, 290295
unsuccessful attempts to break with English law, 300303
Waghorn v. Waghorn (1942), 291292
Wright v. Wright (1948), 292293
Authenticum (a text of Justinian’s Novels), 2829
Bacon, Francis, 116, 118
Bacon, Matthew, 132
Bail, 72
Balliol, Edward (Scotland), 54, 80
Balliol, John (Scotland), 5354, 80
Bancroft, Richard (Archbishop), 100
Barbados
martial law in, 320321
Militia Act, 308
Servant Act, 308
Slave Code 1661, 306310, 318321
slave rebellions in, 321
statistics of slavery in, 305
Barbour, John, 8384
Barrow, Geoffrey, 5354
Bartolus (Italian jurist), 131132
Basilicon Doron (James I/James VI), 9798, 108109, 114, 117
Bassianus, Iohannes. See Iohannes Bassianus
C. Bathurst and E. Withers (printers), 124
Batman’s Treaty (1835), 274
Bavaria, obligation to state reasons for court decisions in, 207208
Benevenantus, Roffredus. See Roffredus Benevenantus (Roffredo da Benevento)
Bernardus Parmensis (Bernard of Parma) (Italian jurist), 6465
Bethell, Richard (Lord Westbury), 194195, 197
Bible Society, 238
Biener, Friedrich August, 161162
Black, David, 88, 92, 105, 117
Blackburn, Colin (Lord), 189190, 192, 274
Blackstone, William
generally, 16, 2122
Analysis of the Laws of England, 20
Commentaries (See Commentaries (Blackstone))
in Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen, 20, 167170, 172177, 180181
radical title and, 266268
research of, 22
on villeinage, 313
Blanc, Jean. See Jean Blanc
de Blanot, Jean. See Jean de Blanot
Blount, Thomas, 132
Bodin, Jean, 99, 104105, 148149, 157
Boniface VIII (Pope), 6466
Bothwell, Earl of, 105106, 117
Bower, Walter, 80
Bowles, Michael, 200
Bracton (English legal treatise), 69, 132, 169170
Bramwell, George (Baron), 199
Brandis, Hermann Friedrich, 216222
Brennan J, Gerard, 264266
Brinckmann, Karl Heinrich Ludwig, 245
Britisches Museum für die Deutschen (journal), 181
British Association for the Promotion of Social Sciences, 254
British Museum Library, 242
British South Africa Company, 282283
Brittische Bibliothek (journal), 181
Britton (English legal treatise), 132
Brooks, Christopher W., 87
Brougham, Henry, 203, 240241, 246247
Bruce, Edward (Scotland), 54, 7980
Bruce, Niall, 80
Bruce, Robert (minister), 99100
Bruce, Robert (Scotland). See Robert I (Robert the Bruce) (Scotland)
Brudenell, Robert, 101102
Brunner, Heinrich, 161162
The Brus (Barbour), 8384
Bugnyon, Philibert, 131132
Busby, James, 278
Cade, Elizabeth, 316
Calasso, Francesco, 73, 147
Calderwood, David, 92
Campbell, John (Lord), 197
Canada, radical versus aboriginal title in. See also Radical versus aboriginal title
aboriginal title, 279280
British North America Act 1867, 274
case law, 262263, 271
historical evolution of, 269272
possessory interests, aboriginal rights limited to, 270272
Privy Council and, 269271
Royal Proclamation 1763 and, 269272
treaties, effect of, 274
Tsilqot’in Nation and, 262263
usufructuary interests, aboriginal rights limited to, 270272
will of sovereign, aboriginal rights subject to, 270272
Capograssi, Giuseppe, 141142
Capua, James Vincent, 319
de Caramanico, Marinus. See Marinus de Caramanico
Case law
Australia, radical versus aboriginal title in, 264265, 272273
Canada, radical versus aboriginal title in, 262263, 271
feudal law, 3538
in Germany, 18, 206207 (See also Seuffert’s Archiv)
New Zealand, radical versus aboriginal title in, 261262
radical versus aboriginal title, 279280, 285
Cavanagh, Edward, 280
Cecchinato, Andrew J., 16, 2022
Chamberlain, John, 96
Chancery, 94
Chancery Cases, 133134
Chancery Reports, 133134
Channell, Arthur (Baron), 191
Chapman, Henry, 276277
Charles I (England), 86, 107, 119
Charles II (England), 320
Chattels, slaves as, 309310
Chitty, Edward, 244
Chitty, Joseph, 191, 196
Cicero, 130131, 155156
Cistercians, 3738
Civilians (scholars of Roman law), 30, 33
Civil law
common law versus, 1718, 206, 223
in Germany, 206
Claproth, Justus, 20, 169, 172176, 178, 180
Clement III (Pope), 77
Clement V (Pope), 54
Cobden, Richard, 237
Cobden-Chevalier Treaty (1860), 251
Code (Justinian), 129130, 153
Coke, Edward
on custom, 142
in Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen, 169170
Harris translation of Institutes (Justinian) and, 132135
on interpretation, 155
James I (England)/James VI (Scotland) and, 88, 94, 101, 103104, 115116, 118
on judges, 156157
legal fiction and, 266
on villeinage, 312
Collection des lois civiles et criminelles des États modernes (Foucher), 244
Collins, Justine, 15
Collinson, Patrick, 99
Coluim, William, 55
Commentaries (Blackstone)
common law, custom and, 144145
comparative legal history and, 2021
court decisions, custom and, 152154
custom and, 142143, 160
Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen and, 167168, 180181
integration of law and, 143144
interpretation and, 154157
ius commune and, 144148, 150151
judges and, 155157
jurisdiction and, 154155
justificatory purpose of, 2122
ordering of law in, 140142
overview, 2021
Parliamentary sovereignty and, 157160
precedent and, 152154
radical title and, 266268
rex in regno suo and, 145152
royal prerogative and, 145152
text and authority, relationship between, 143, 146
Commentaries (Kent), 276
Commercial law. See Comparative commercial law
Commercial Law of the World (Levi), 21, 243, 246247, 249250, 252
Common law
Australian High Court, importance of maintaining unified common law, 290295
civil law versus, 1718, 206, 223
custom and, 144145
Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen, English common law in, 169172, 180181
Communitas regni, 8182
Comparative commercial law
alignment of commercial law, promotion of, 250254
arbitration and, 240
changes in commercial law, impact of, 248249
codification efforts, 250251
comparative legal history and, 21
importance of comparative approach to, 236
international commercial code, proposal of, 251254
international conference of, 255256
joint stock companies and, 250251
lessons of comparative legal history and, 23
Levi and, 2122, 240259
liberalism and, 253254
overview, 21
Saint-Joseph and, 241247, 251
similarities between laws of different countries, 241243
statistics and, 247248, 252
translation and, 243244
uniform laws and, 245
Comparative legal history
Australian High Court, English law in, 1819 (See also Australian High Court, English law in)
challenges of, 2223
Commentaries (Blackstone) and, 2021 (See also Commentaries (Blackstone))
commercial law and, 21 (See also Comparative commercial law)
continuous easements and, 1415 (See also Continuous easements)
difficulties in comparison, 8
educatory purpose of, 22
feudal law and, 1617 (See also Feudal law)
generalisation and, 911
Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen, 1920 (See also Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen (German legal journal))
Harris translation of Institutes (Justinian), 21 (See also Harris translation of Institutes (Justinian))
internal versus external legal history, 68
James I (England)/James VI (Scotland) and, 1516, 116117 (See also James I (England)/James VI (Scotland) as judge)
justificatory purpose, 2122
lessons of, 2324
level of comparison, 911
metaphor and, 184
overview, 14
radical versus aboriginal title and, 17 (See also Radical versus aboriginal title)
Regiam maiestatem and, 1314 (See also Regiam maiestatem (Scottish law book))
research of, 1113
Seuffert’s Archiv and, 18 (See also Seuffert’s Archiv)
slave laws in West Indies and, 15 (See also Slave laws)
social legal history, 68
subject matter of, 46
units of comparison, 9
writing of, 1113
Compilatio tertia (canon law collection), 31
Comyn, John, 54
Concordances entre les codes de commerce étrangers et le code de commerce français (Saint-Joseph), 242, 245
Congress of Berlin (1878), 257258
Congress of European Statisticians, 239
Constantine (Rome), 128
Conte, Emanuele, 3839
Continuous easements
comparative legal history and, 1415
conflicting French decisions on, 193194
‘continuous’ element, focus on, 186187, 198201
contradictions in French Civil Code provisions, 185186, 193, 195
differences between French and English rules, 188189
discontinuous easements versus, 190192, 199
Gale, incorporation of French rule by, 187190
influence of French Civil Code on English rule, 1415, 184, 188190, 192, 203
legal transplants and, 184185, 201203
misinterpretation of French rule by English jurists, 190192, 198201
overlooking of French debate by English jurists, 194197
overview, 1415, 183, 204205
recent origins of French rule, 189, 192193
role of English treatises, 204
Cooper, Anthony Ashley (Lord), 4849, 53, 57, 65
Cooper, Thomas, 125126
Copeland, Rita, 6869
Corpus iuris canonici, 120
Corpus iuris civilis, 3032, 120
Cortese, Ennio, 153154
Cotter, William R., 316
Cours de droit commercial (Pardessus), 244
de Covarrubias y Leyva, Diego, 131132
Cowell, John, 132
The Critical Review (journal), 137138
Croke, George, 133134
Cujas, Jacques (Jacobus Cujacius) (French jurist), 131132
Custom
Coke on, 142
Commentaries (Blackstone) and, 142143, 160
common law and, 144145
court decisions and, 152154
in Glanvill, 82
in Libri feudorum, 3335, 3842, 45
Roman law versus, 2527
Customs of Catalonia between Lords and Vassals (Pere Albert), 39
Dalgleish, Nicholas, 88
Davey, Horace (Lord), 281
David I (Scotland), 52, 5455, 58, 6367, 7071, 7980
David II (Scotland), 83
David (Biblical King), 97, 108
Davies, John Reuben, 60, 64
Davy, William, 316
Dawson, John, 206207, 223
De actionibus (Jean de Blanot), 38, 4041
Decretum (Gratian), 31, 159
De feudis (title of section of canon law), 31
De iure communi Angliae (Gatzert), 20, 169173, 175178
De l’esprit des lois (Montesquieu), 134
de Denarii, Odofredus. See Odofredus de Denarii
Denning, Alfred Thompson ‘Tom’ (Lord), 1819, 290, 293294, 299, 303
De usu et authoritate Iuris civilis Romanorum in dominiis principum Christianorum (Duck), 138
Dicey, Albert, 319
Dickins, Francis, 130
Digest (Justinian), 6465, 72, 129130, 155156, 222
Dionysius of Halicarnassus, 130131
Disraeli, Benjamin, 240
Dixon CJ, Owen, 287304. See also Australian High Court
Domat, Jean, 131132, 135
Donne, John, 100
Doujat, Jean, 131132
The Dual Mandate in British Tropical Africa (Lugard), 284
Duck, Arthur, 138
Dullius Gambarini (Italian jurist), 31
Dumoulin, Charles, 3233
Duncan, Archibald Alexander McBeth, 53, 5961
Durand, Guillaume. See Guillaume Durand
Duranton, Alexandre, 193, 195197
Dyer, James, 133134
Dyzenhaus, David, 319320
Easements. See Continuous easements
Eden, Robert, 131132
Edgeworth, Brendan, 265266
Edward I (England), 51, 5355, 64, 7577, 266
Egerton, Thomas (Lord Chancellor Ellesmere), 100
Ehrlich, Eugene, 45
Elias CJ, Sian, 261262
Elizabeth I (England), 1516, 92
Ellesmere, Lord Chancellor (Thomas Egerton), 100
Elsyng, Henry, 119
Elwes, John, 122
England
Australian High Court, English law in (See Australian High Court, English law in)
British Colonial Office, 295
Chancery, 94
commercial prosperity in, 237238
Common Law Procedure Act 1854, 240
comparative commercial law and, 254255
comparative law, efforts to codify, 242243
continuous easements in (See Continuous easements)
Conveyancing Act 1881, 186
Hanoverian succession, 163
Law of Property Act 1925, 186
Mercantile Law Amendments Act 1856, 246247, 250
Privy Council (See Privy Council)
slave laws in West Indies (See Slave laws in West Indies)
Star Chamber, 86, 88, 93102, 107, 115116, 118
status of slaves in English territory, 313317
Statute of Artificers 1563, 319320
Union of Crowns (1603), 51
Vagrancy Act 1547, 318
Enlightenment, 207208
Entanglements, 8
Epitome feudorum (Jean de Blanc), 3539, 4243
Erle CJ, William, 198
Estienne, Robert, 134
Evangelical Continental Society, 238
Faber, Basil, 134
Faber, Peter, 133
de Ferrière, Claude-Joseph, 131132, 135
Feudal kingship, 7778
Feudal law
Carolingian era, emergence in, 2728
case law, 3538
common law and, 4546
comparative legal history and, 1617
contract law, 4244
fiefs and, 3233, 3638, 4142, 45
homage and, 3942, 45
ius commune and, 25, 3031, 38, 4546
lèse-majesté and, 3942
Libri feudorum and (See Libri feudorum (Italian law book))
overview, 1617, 2527
practice in, 3538
Roman law versus custom, 2527
spontaneous emergence of, 2728
Fiefs, 3233, 3638, 4142, 45
Field, Davis Dudley, 254
Filangieri, Gaetano, 250
Fischer, Carsten, 1920, 2223
Fitzherbert, Anthony, 132
Fletcher, Ned, 275
Foelix, Jean-Jacques Gaspard, 244
Ford, John, 107
Fortescue, John, 101, 132, 142
Foster, Michael, 135
Foucher, Victor, 244
France
Civil Code, 241242
Code de Commerce, 241242, 244, 248
comparative commercial law and, 254255
continuous easements in (See Continuous easements)
Frankfurter J, Felix, 290, 293294, 296297, 303
Frederick I (Germany/Emperor), 41
Frederick II (Germany/Emperor), 73
Fullagar J, Wilfred Kelsham, 290, 295, 297
Gail, Andreas, 209
Gaius (Roman jurist), 120
Gale, Charles, 14, 187190, 192201, 204
Galloway, Patrick, 100
Gambarini, Dullius. See Dullius Gambarini
Ganshof, François-Louis, 2729
Gaspar, David Barry, 306, 318319
Gatzert, Christian Hartmann Samuel, 20, 2223, 169178
A General Abridgement of Cases in Equity, Argued and Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery etc., 133134
George II (England), 166
George III (England), 122
Germany
Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (Civil Code), 211
case law in, 18, 206207 (See also Seuffert’s Archiv)
civil law in, 206
collections of court decisions in, 208209
English law, interest in, 161164
gelehrte Zeitschriften (learned journals) in, 164165, 181182
General German Commercial Code (ADHGB), 248249, 252
General Law on Bills of Exchange, 248249
Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen (See Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen (German legal journal))
Kameralliteratur, 209
obligation to state reasons for court decisions in, 207208
Seuffert’s Archiv (See Seuffert’s Archiv)
Gibson, Edmund, 132
Gibson, James, 91
Gilbert, Jeffrey, 133134
Giovanni d’Andrea (canonist), 66
Glanvill (English legal treatise)
generally, 1314
bail in, 72
custom in, 82
Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen and, 169170
Harris translation of Institutes (Justinian) and, 132, 135
Institutes (Justinian) and, 71
maiestas (majesty) in, 71
Regiam maiestatem, as textual authority for, 5156, 6271, 85
translation of, Regiam maiestatem as, 6869
writs in, 6263
Gleeson, Murray, 287288
von Gneist, Rudolf, 161162
Godolphin, John, 132
Goffredus Tranensis (Goffredo de Trano) (Italian jurist), 52, 62, 65, 67, 7475
Goodare, Julian, 87, 106
Göttingen University, 166, 170171, 177
Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen (German legal journal)
anonymity of authorship, 167168
Blackstone in, 20, 167170, 172177, 180181
challenges of comparative legal history and, 2223
Coke in, 169170
Commentaries (Blackstone) and, 167168, 180181
comparative legal history and, 1920
contemporary ascriptions, 167168
difficulty of comparing German and English law, 178179
English common law in, 169172, 180181
English law books, reviews of, 166167
founding of journal, 165166
Glanvill and, 169170
hints at authorship, 167168
influence of, 181
ius commune and, 179181
language barriers between German and English, 176
motivations for reviews in, 173174
overview, 1920, 161164
Scottish law in, 178
superficiality of reviews, 178
types of English text referenced in, 176178
Gratian (canonist), 31
Great Cause (1291-1292), 76, 8384
Great Exhibition (1851), 246
Gregorius (Roman jurist), 128
Gregory IX (Pope), 133
Grey, Earl (Viscount Howick), 276
Griffith, Samuel, 295296
Grimm, Jacob, 162163
Gronovius, Johann Friedrich, 131132
Grotius, Hugo, 131132, 148149
Gudelinus, Petrus (Pierre Goudelin), 135
Guicciardini, Francesco, 140
Guillaume Durand (canonist), 39
Gundermann, Joseph Ignaz, 161162
Günzl, Clara, 18
Gutteridge, Harold Cooke, 256
Gyb, James, 112113
Habeas corpus, slaves and, 316
Haldane, Richard (Viscount), 284
Hale, Matthew, 8, 132, 145, 148
Hallifax, Samuel, 130
Halpérin, Jean-Luis, 256
Hamburger unpartheyischer Correspondent (journal), 165
Hamilton, John (Lord Sumner), 283
Hamilton, Marquess, 99
Hannay, Robert Kerr, 89
Harding, Alan, 5355
Hardres, Thomas, 133134
Hardwicke, Lord (Philip Yorke), 315
Harris, George, 21, 121124. See also Harris translation of Institutes (Justinian)
Harris, John, 121
Harris translation of Institutes (Justinian)
advertisement, 127
assessment of, 136138
‘A Brief Account of the Rise and Progress of the Roman Law’, 127129
challenges of comparative legal history and, 23
Coke and, 132135
comparative legal history and, 21
dedication, 126127
editions of, 124126
Glanvill and, 132, 135
notes, 129134
overview, 21, 120121, 138139
sources, 129136
subtitles, 130
supplement, 134135
Hawkins, William, 132
Hawley, Henry, 122
Hegel, Georg Friedrich Wilhelm, 162
Heineccius, Johann Gottlieb, 131132
Heirbaut, Dirk, 29
Heise, Georg Arnold, 211, 216
Hengham Magna (English legal treatise), 69
Henricus de Segusio. See Hostiensis
Henry II (England), 64, 70, 77
Henry VII (England), 84, 102
Hermogenes (sic) (Roman jurist), 128
Herodotus, 130131
Hickford, Mark, 279
Historical School of Law, 161
History of British Commerce and of the Economic Progress of the British Nation 1763-1870 (Levi), 253
Holdsworth, William Searle, 187188
Holt, John, 135, 314315
Homage, 3942, 45
Homer, 130131
Hooke, Nathaniel, 125
Hoppe, Joachim, 131132
Hostiensis (Henricus de Segusio) (Italian jurist), 31
Hotman, François, 131132
Hoüard, David, 57
Howard, Thomas, 115116
Hudson, William, 100101
Hudson Bay Company, 269
Hugh IV (Burgundy), 38
Huntly, Earl of, 117
Hywel Dda (Wales), 64
Iacobus de Ardizone (Italian jurist), 1617, 3031, 3439
Iacobus de Aurelianis (French jurist), 1617, 4245
Ibbetson, David, 7
Imbrication, 5
Indentured servants, slaves compared, 308, 313, 319
Indigenous peoples. See Radical versus aboriginal title
Innocent III (Pope), 37
Institute for Legal and Constitutional Research, University of St. Andrews, 1
Institutes (Justinian)
generally, 38, 6465
educatory purpose of, 22
Glanvill and, 71
Harris translation of (See Harris translation of Institutes (Justinian))
Regiam maiestatem and, 71
International Academy of Comparative Law, 256
International Commercial Law (Levi), 21, 247249, 252
Iohannes Bassianus (Italian jurist), 39
Ireland, Mercantile Law Amendments Act 1856, 246247, 250
‘Italophobia’, 26
Italy
Ancona Chamber of Commerce, 239
Catholicism in, 238
comparative commercial law and, 249, 254255
feudal law in (See Feudal law)
Jews in, 236237, 239
Libri feudorum (See Libri feudorum (Italian law book))
Risorgimento (unification), 239, 249
Ius commune
Commentaries (Blackstone) and, 144148, 150151
feudal law and, 25, 3031, 38, 4546
Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen and, 179181
Jacques de Revigny, 33
Jacques d’Orleans. See Iacobus de Aurelianis
Jamaica
martial law in, 320321
Militia Act 1664, 321
Slave Code, 321
slave laws in, 320321
James I (England)/James VI (Scotland) as judge
appropriateness of, 102116
Biblical ideas of kingship and, 97100, 106107
Chancery and, 94
Coke and, 88, 94, 101, 103104, 115116, 118
comparative legal history and, 1516, 116117
England, cases judged in, 91, 9397
exemplarity and, 111, 115
informal acts by, 8889
infrequency of judging, 115116
interventions in legal process, 89
on King as judge, 87, 97102
legacy of, 117119
lessons of comparative legal history and, 23
literary ideas of kingship, 101
meaning of judging and, 8889
mercy and, 114115
Overbury scandal and, 106, 108, 112
overview, 1516
partiality and, 104105
political expediency and, 105106
religion and, 110
royal duty and, 106112, 115
Scotland, cases judged in, 9093
Scottish Privy Council and, 8788, 9092
self-limitations, 103105
sentencing and, 112115
Star Chamber and, 86, 88, 93102, 115116
theory versus practice, 87
as two Kings, 8687
worthiness of cases and, 105
James I (Scotland), 47, 49, 79
James II (Scotland), 59
James III (Scotland), 59
James VI (Scotland). See James I (England)/James VI (Scotland) as judge
Jasanoff, Maya, 267
Jean Blanc (French jurist), 1617, 3539, 4243, 45
Jean de Blanot (French jurist), 1617, 3843, 45
von Jehring, Rudolf, 212
John XXII (Pope), 54, 77
John the Scot, 77
Josev, Tanya, 1819
Journal des Savans, 165, 244
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, 252
Journal of the Society of Comparative Legislation, 255
Justinian (Rome)
Authenticum (a text of Novels), 2829
Code, 129130, 153
Digest (See Digest (Justinian))
Harris translation of Institutes (See Harris translation of Institutes (Justinian))
Institutes (See Institutes (Justinian))
Novels, 2829, 130, 134135
Kay J, Edward Ebenezer, 191192
Keilway’s Reports, 133134
Kemble, John Mitchell, 162163
Kennedy, Duncan, 4, 6, 1011, 2324
Kennefick, Ciara, 1415
Kennett, Basil, 134
Kent, Ambrose, 122
Kent, James, 276277
Kern, Fritz, 26
Killeen, Kevin, 99
King’s College London, 239, 256258
Kingship and Law (Kern), 26
Kinloss Abbey, 79
Knowles, Captain, 315316
Korporowicz, Łukasz Jan, 2123
Kritische Zeitschrift für die gesamte Rechtswissenschaft (journal), 245
Kuntze, Johannes Emil, 212
Lake, Thomas, 9699, 106, 108112, 116
Lambert, Edouard, 253
Lambeth Palace Library, 121123, 136
La norma giuridica (Cortese), 153154
Latham, John, 297
Law Amendment Society, 240241
Lawson, Harry, 203
Lectura authentici (Jacques de Revigny), 33
Lee, George, 126127
Legal consciousness, 6
Legal transplants
continuous easements and, 184185, 201203
individual rules, 1415
as metaphor, 184
overview, 8
political principles, 1314
Regiam maiestatem as, 6768
slave laws in West Indies as, 306
villeinage as, 312
Lehnsrecht und Staatsgewalt (Mitteis), 27
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, 165
Lèse-majesté, 3942, 7881
Les six livres de la République (Bodin), 157
Levi, Leone. See also Comparative commercial law
comparative commercial law and, 2122, 240259
in England, 240242
legacy of, 254259
liberalism and, 253254
life of, 236239
methodology of, 23
politicians, relationships with, 240241
pragmatism of, 258
on similarities between laws of different countries, 241243
statistics and, 247248, 252
translation and, 243244
on working conditions, 258
Levine’s King’s Bench and Common Pleas Reports 1660–1697, 133134
Lewison LJ, Kim Martin Jordan, 187, 192
Lex Julia (Roman law), 72
Lex Si imperialis (Roman law), 153154
Liber Augustalis (Frederick II), 73
Liber domini Symonis (Symon Vicentinus), 30
Liber extra (Gregory IX), 6465, 133
Liber sextus (Boniface VIII), 6466
Libri feudorum (Italian law book)
acceptance of, 3133
conceptions of legal practices and, 2930
contract law in, 4244
custom in, 3335, 3842, 45
emergence of, 2829
evolution of, 3031
fiefs and, 3233, 4142, 45
homage and, 3942, 45
legal practices independent of, 29
lèse-majesté and, 3942
overview, 1617
Liebermann, Felix, 162
Lincoln’s Inn, 239
Littleton, Thomas, 132, 135, 169170
Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, 238, 240241
Living law, 45
Lombard, feudal law in. See Feudal law
Long, Edward, 311
Lugard, Frederick, 284
Lyon-Caen, Charles, 255256
Machiavelli, Niccolò, 159
Mackenzie, George, 134
MacQueen, Hector, 5051
Mael Coluim, 55, 58
Magnus VI (Norway), 78
Maiestas (majesty)
in Glanvill, 71
princeps versus, 7374
in Regiam maiestatem, 7177, 85
superior versus, 7374
Maine, Henry, 910
Maitland, Frederic William, 2, 5, 1112, 22, 162163
Mamdani, Mahmood, 283284
Manners, Anne (Lady Roos), 96
Manners, John (Lord Roos), 96
Mansfield, Lord (William Murray), 316
Margarita feudorum (Dullius Gambarini), 31
Marinus de Caramanico, 7374
Marlow, John, 316
Marshall, John, 276277
Marshall, Susan, 56
Martial law, slaves and, 308309, 319321
Martin CJ, William, 277
Marxism, 45
McHugh, Paul, 269, 271
McLachlin CJ, Beverly, 262263
McNeil, Kent, 280
Measure for Measure (Shakespeare), 101
de Medicina, Pillius. See Pillius Medicinensis
Ménage, Gilles, 131132
Menzies, Douglas, 297299, 301
Menzies, Robert, 300301
Merlin, Philippe-Antoine, 192, 196
Merton, Robert, 202
Metaphor, 184
Milsom, Stroud Francis Charles, 10, 2324
Milton, John, 134
Mitteis, Heinrich, 2729
Mittermaier, Karl Joseph, 244, 255
Monatsgespräche (journal), 165
Montagu, Henry, 118
Montesquieu, 134, 155157, 202
Monti, Annamaria, 2123
Morice, James, 101102
Morris, Thomas, 318
Murray, William (Lord Mansfield), 316
Mynsinger von Frundeck, Joachim, 131132, 209
Napier, Barbara, 93, 9899, 102108, 111, 114
Napoleon, 184
Neilson, George, 49, 51
Neue Zeitungen von gelehrten Sachen (journal), 165
New Zealand, radical versus aboriginal title in. See also Radical versus aboriginal title
aboriginal title, 275277, 279280
case law, 261262
historical evolution of, 274282
Land Claims Act 1840, 278
Land Claims Ordinance 1841, 278, 281
Land Titles Protection Act 1902, 281
Maori customary rights and, 261262, 274282
Maori Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act 1904, 281
Native Land Act 1909, 279281
Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act 1901, 281
Native Land Court, 278, 280281
Native Rights Act 1865, 281
Privy Council and, 279282, 284285
Rangitane people and, 280
statutory law and, 278279
Treaty of Waitangi (1840), 274278, 281282
Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975, 275
United States law and, 276277
Waitangi Tribunal, 275
New Zealand Company, 275276
New Zealand Journal, 276
Nicholson, Bradley J., 317318
Nigeria, radical versus aboriginal title in, 283285
Nineteen Eighty-Four (Orwell), 183, 204
Novels (Justinian), 2829, 130, 134135
Obertus de Orto (Italian jurist), 1617, 30, 3335, 38
Odofredus de Denarii (Italian jurist), 3031, 3839
d’Orleans, Jacques. See Iacobus de Aurelianis
Orto, Obertus de. See Obertus de Orto
Orwell, George, 183, 204
Ottoman Empire, comparative commercial law and, 256258
Oughton, Thomas, 133
Outlines of an International Code (Field), 254
Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia, 296
Paraphrase (Theophilus), 130131
Pardessus, Jean-Marie, 194197, 244245
Paris, Matthew, 146149
Parke, James (Baron), 197
Parmensis, Bernardus. See Bernardus Parmensis
Pearce, Edward (Baron), 290, 298, 301302
Penman, Michael, 5354
Pennington, Kenneth, 74
Pere Albert (Catalan jurist), 39
Peter of Spain, 44
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 165
Pierre Jame d’Aurillac (French jurist), 3233
Pillius Medicinensis (Pillius de Medicina) (Italian jurist), 3031, 3536
Plowden, Edmund, 133134
Plutarch, 130131
Pocock, John Greville Agard, 266
Police law, slaves and, 308309, 317319
Pothier, Robert-Joseph, 192193, 196, 203
Potter, John, 134
Pound, Roscoe, 7
Precedent
Australian High Court, English law in, 291293
Commentaries (Blackstone) and, 152154
overview, 1819
Seuffert’s Archiv, Präjudizien and, 212213, 223
Prendergast CJ, James, 281282
Presbyterian Church of England, 238
Principles of Politics and Government (Ullmann), 7778
Privy Council
generally, 290
Australian High Court and, 1819, 287289, 294304
radical versus aboriginal title and, 17, 261, 269273, 279282, 284285
Prussia, obligation to state reasons for court decisions in, 207208
Qu’est-ce-que la féodalité? (Ganshof), 27
Quoniam attachiamenta (Scottish law book), 4950
Rabin, Dana, 315
Radical versus aboriginal title
aboriginal title generally, 260261, 279280
in Australia (See Australia, radical versus aboriginal title in)
Blackstone and, 266268, 273
in Canada (See Canada, radical versus aboriginal title in)
case law, 279280, 285
Commentaries (Blackstone) and, 266268, 273
comparative law analysis, 261
comparative legal history and, 17
feudalism versus capitalism, 266267
inconsistencies in law, 268, 285
legal fiction, radical title as, 265267
in New Zealand (See New Zealand, radical versus aboriginal title in)
in Nigeria, 283285
overview, 17
Privy Council and, 17, 261, 269273, 279282, 284285
radical title generally, 260
in Southern Rhodesia, 282283
terra nullius and, 261
Randolph, Thomas, 7980
Rastell, John, 132
Raymond, Robert (Lord), 133135
Realty, slaves as, 310
Recolentes (Alexander III), 3738
Regiam maiestatem (Scottish law book)
archaicising nature of, 58
bail in, 72
Bute manuscript, 5152, 58, 6061
change in, 5859
communitas regni and, 8182
comparative legal history and, 1314
compilation of, 5156, 6063
David I, references to, 6367, 7071
difficulties of, 57
editorial techniques in, 6263
Glanvill as textual authority for, 5156, 6271, 85
historiography of, 57
influence of, 50
Institutes (Justinian) and, 71
jurisdiction in, 81
as legal transplant, 6768
lèse-majesté in, 7881
maiestas (majesty) in, 7177, 85
origins of, 4956, 83
overview, 1314, 4749
political theory in, 8385
as single work, 62
survival of manuscripts, 5759
as translation, 6869
treason in, 7881
Reid, John (Baron), 290
République (Bodin), 99
de Revigny, Jacques. See Jacques de Revigny
Revue Foelix (journal), 242
Rex in regno suo, 145152
Reynolds, Susan, 29
Reyscher, August Ludwig, 212, 223
Richmond J, Christopher William, 280282
Robert I (Robert the Bruce) (Scotland), 1314, 5255, 7784
Robert of Naples, 84
Roffredus Benevenantus (Roffredo da Benevento) (Italian jurist), 39, 43
Romulus (Rome), 127
Roos, Lady (Anne Manners), 96, 109
Roos, Lord (John Manners), 96
Ross, Thomas, 91
Royal prerogative, 145152
Royal Proclamation 1763, 269272
Royal Statistical Society, 239, 246247
Rugemer, Edward, 306
de Saint-Joseph, Fortuné Anthoine, 241247, 251
St. Germain, Christopher, 132
Saleilles, Raymond, 253
Salkeld, William, 133134
Sanders, Thomas Collett, 126
Saxony, obligation to state reasons for court decisions in, 207208
Schönfeld, Karl, 156157
Scienza della legislazione (Filangieri), 250
Scotland
Brig O’Dee Rebellion (1589), 117
Declaration of Arbroath (1320), 77, 82
High Commission, 92
Jacobite rising (1745-1746), 51
James VI (See James I (England)/James VI (Scotland) as judge)
Mercantile Law Amendments Act 1856, 246247, 250
North Berwick Witch Trials, 93
Parliament, 87
Privy Council, 8788, 9092
Quoniam attachiamenta, 4950
Regiam maiestatem (See Regiam maiestatem (Scottish law book))
Soules Conspiracy (1320), 54, 7981
Union of Crowns (1603), 51
Secher, Ulla, 280, 282
de Segusio, Henricus. See Hostiensis
Selden, John, 140142, 148150
Servitudes. See Continuous easements
Seuffert, Ernst August, 210
Seuffert, Johann Adam, 209212. See also Seuffert’s Archiv
Seuffert’s Archiv
application of legal rules to cases, 222
comparative legal history and, 18
first questions of law, 218219
guiding principles, 218
headlines, 218
importance of, 223
integration of theory and practice in, 211
‘one and only solution’, search for, 214
opinions, 220221
origins of, 209212
overview, 18, 207, 223
Pandektensystem in, 211
Präjudizien and, 212213, 223
process of court file to entry in, 215218
second questions of law, 219220
statements of judges, 221222
structure of, 210211
Sextus Aelius (Roman jurist), 128
Sextus Papirius (Roman jurist), 127
Seybert, Phillip Heinrich, 168169, 173176
Sharp, Granville, 316
Shower, Bartholomew, 135
Siderfin, Thomas, 133134
Sidney, Philip, 101
Simonds, Gavin (Viscount), 290, 293, 301302
Simpson, Alfred William Brian, 46, 14, 184185, 189190
Simpson, Andrew, 4950
Simpson, Edward, 127
Skene, John, 4749, 57, 65, 77. See also Regiam maiestatem
Slattery, Brian, 269
Slave laws in West Indies
Barbados (See Barbados)
chattels, slaves as, 309310
claims to property rights, 310, 313315
comparative legal history and, 15
control of slaves, 306, 308
habeas corpus and, 316
indentured servants compared, 308, 313, 319
Jamaica, 320321
as legal transplant, 306
martial law and, 308309, 319321
non-English laws, influence of, 306307
overview, 321
passes, 319
police law and, 308309, 317319
property, slaves as, 306, 308
race, legal definitions of, 306
realty, slaves as, 310
rebellions of slaves, 308
statistics of slavery, 305306
trespass actions to recover slaves, 313315
trover actions to recover slaves, 313315
vagrancy law and, 308309, 317319
villeinage and, 311317
Smith, Thomas, 132
Société de Législation Comparée, 255
Society of Comparative Legislation, 255
Solomon (Biblical king), 97, 106107
Somerset, James, 315317
de Soules, William, 80
Southern Rhodesia, radical versus aboriginal title in, 282283
Spain, comparative commercial law and, 254255
Speculum iudiciale (Guillaume Durand), 39
Stair, Viscount (James Dalrymple), 85, 134
Starke J, Hayden Erskine, 297
Staunford, William, 101
Stella, Attilio, 17
Stephen CJ, Alfred, 272273
Stewart, Archibald, 178
Stewart, Charles, 315316
Stewart, Robert (Scotland), 5152, 7980
Stillingfleet, Edward, 133134
Stracca, Benvenuto, 258259
Strahan, William, 131132
Strange, John, 133134
Suetonius (Roman historian), 130131
Sugden, Edward, 197
Summa decretalium (Hostiensis), 31
Summa feudorum (Iacobus de Ardizone), 3031, 3435
Summa feudorum (Iacobus de Aurelianis), 42
Summa feudorum (Odofredus), 3031
Summa feudorum (Pillius), 30
Summa super titulis decretalium, 52, 62, 65, 67, 7475
Sumner, Lord (John Hamilton), 283
Swinburne, Henry, 132
Symon Vicentinus (Italian jurist), 30
Tacitus (Roman historian), 130131
Talbot, Charles, 315
Tamaki, Nireaha, 280282
Tarquinius Priscus (Roman king), 127
Taylor, Alice, 1314
Taylor, John, 131132
Terra nullius, 261
Tetrachordon (Milton), 134
Teubner, Gunther, 186
Thémis (journal), 242
Theocratic kingship, 7778
Theodosius (Rome), 128, 130131
Theophilus (jurist), 130131
Thesaurus eruditionis scholasticae (Faber), 134
Thesaurus linguae latinae (Estienne), 134
Thomasius, Christian, 165
Thompson, Edward Palmer, 5
Thomson, Thomas, 4849, 57, 59, 65
Tijani, Amodu, 284
Titles of Honor (Selden), 148150
Tomlins, Christopher, 306, 308
Toullier, Charles-Bonaventure-Marie, 188, 193, 195, 197
Tout, Thomas Frederick, 162163
Tranensis, Goffredus. See Goffredus Tranensis
Treason, 7881
Treaty of Paris (1763), 269
Treaty of Perth (1266), 78
Treaty of Waitangi (1840), 274278, 281282
Trespass actions to recover slaves, 313315
The Trew Law of Free Monarchies (James I/James VI), 9798, 108
Trover actions to recover slaves, 313315
Tullis, Sarah, 70
Ullmann, Walter, 7778
Ulpian (Roman jurist), 72
Ungoed-Thomas J, Lynn, 191
UNIDROIT, 256
United Kingdom. See England; Scotland
United States
comparative commercial law and, 254255
New Zealand, reliance on United States law regarding radical versus aboriginal title, 276277
Vagrancy law, slaves and, 308309, 317319
van der Made, Simon van Groenewegen, 131132
de Vattel, Emer, 249
Vaughan, John, 133134
Vernon, Thomas, 133134
Vicentinus, Symon. See Symon Vicentinus
Villeinage
in gross, 311312, 314
as legal transplant, 312
regardant, 311312, 314
slave laws and, 311317
slavery distinguished, 313314
Viner, Carl, 178
Vinnius, Arnold, 127, 129, 131132
Voet, Johannes, 135
Voltaire, 172
Walkin, Thomas, 316
Wallace, William, 78, 80
Watson, Alan, 312, 317
Watson, William (Lord), 270273
Weber, Adolph Dietrich, 214
Wentworth, John, 122
Wesenbeck, Matthew, 131132
Westbury, Lord (Richard Bethell), 194195, 197
West Indies, slave laws in. See Slave laws in West Indies
Wiecek, William M., 313314
Wilde, Thomas (Baron), 190, 198
Willes, William Henry, 198201, 204
William II (England), 146147, 149
Williams, David V., 17
Williams, Ian, 1516
Williams, John (Bishop), 102
Williams, William Peere, 135
William the Lion (Scotland), 58, 65, 77, 83
Wilson, Adelyn, 4950
Windeyer J, William John Victor, 290, 297, 299300
Wishart, Robert, 8384
Władysław (Poland), 77
Wood, Thomas, 131132
Wormald, Jenny, 87
Yorke, Philip (Lord Hardwicke), 315
Zaller, Robert, 118119
Zedlers Universal-Lexicon (legal encyclopedia), 175

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