Odd Topics, Old Methods and the Cradle of the Ius Commune: Byzantine Law and the Italian City-States

In this paper I try to demonstrate how Byzantine law, a subject odd and exotic at first sight provides a piece of the puzzle that helps us to complete the big picture, the origins of our European legal identity. I refer to some concrete examples of legal interaction between the Byzantine and the Wes...

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Main Author: Daphne Penna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Utrecht University School of Law 2017-12-01
Series:Utrecht Law Review
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Online Access:http://www.utrechtlawreview.org/articles/10.18352/ulr.403/