Download or read book Representation and Ostensible Authority in Medieval Learned Law written by Guido Rossi and published by Verlag Vittorio Klostermann. This book was released on 2019-08 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When is it possible to hold valid an act done unlawfully? To answer the question, medieval civil lawyers focused mainly on the case of a slave elected praetor in the mistaken belief that he was a Roman citizen. Most jurists argued that the validity of an act should depend on the validity of its source. But whilst early civil lawyers thought that the source was the person vested with some specific powers (such as the judge, the notary, etc.), later on they began to think of the person as representative of an office, and to ascribe the acts directly to the office itself. This evolution - and so, the foundations of the concept of ostensible authority - was due to the influence of canon lawyers, who had to deal with a similar problem: what if a bishop was secretly heretical?

Download or read book Inalienability of Sovereignty in Medieval Political Thought written by Peter N. Riesenberg and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Casebook on Roman Family Law written by Bruce W. Frier and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2004 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher description

Download or read book Law as Profession and Practice in Medieval Europe written by Kenneth Pennington and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together a set of papers by international scholars, distinguished in their own right, in honor of James Brundage. Each contribution corresponds to an important focus of Brundage's own work. The connection between the development of medieval legal thought and constitutional ideas is the theme that marks the first section, while the second centres on the growth of the legal profession. The following papers explore the intersection of law and marriage and finally the influence of legal thinking on the crusading movement.