"Messages from Antiquity"

Roman Law and Current Legal Debates

Ulrike Babusiaux, Mariko Igimi

• Publisher: Böhlau Verlag Köln
• Year: 2019
• ISBN:
  9783412514525
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Science General
• Index: Biological Sciences

Roman law has shaped the Civil law tradition but its influence undoubtedly also extends to Common law countries. Legal institutions as well as legal reasoning reassembled in the Corpus iuris civilis have been studied for nearly one thousand years in Western Europe and have been a constant point of reference. Japanese law adopted this tradition since the Meiji-era. Roman law does not only offer a historical insight into the foundations of modern legal thinking, but can also be a useful tool for deeper understanding and analysis of current legal problems. The international seminar held at the University of Kyushu in February 2016 intended to show the validity of Roman law for contemporary legal practitioners facing current challenges by looking at selected issues. Das römische Recht hat die Tradition des Civil law geprägt, aber ohne Zweifel auch das Common law beeinflusst. Die Rechtsinstitute und die rechtliche Argumentation, welche im Corpus iuris civilis gesammelt sind, stehen in Westeuropa seit über tausend Jahren im Zentrum juristischer Studien und bilden auch im Japanischen Recht seit der Meiji-Ära einen wichtigen Bezugspunkt. Allerdings erlaubt das römische Recht nicht nur einen Zugang zu den historischen Grundlagen des modernen Rechtsdenkens; vielmehr kann es auch als Instrument zum tieferen Verständnis und zur Analyse aktueller Rechtsprobleme dienen. Die internationale Tagung an der Universität Kyushu im Februar 2016 verfolgte den Zweck, anhand ausgewählter Rechtsfragen den zeitlosen Wert des römischen Rechts auch für die Herausforderungen der heutigen Jurisprudenz aufzuzeigen.

Table of contents

• “Messages from Antiquity”
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Ulrike Babusiaux, Zurich, and Mariko Igimi, Fukuoka: Messages from Antiquity
• Part One  : Roman Law as the Historical Foundation of Modern Private Law
• Johannes Platschek, Munich: Strict Liability for Defects as to Quality of an Object Sold
• Pompeo Polito, Rome: Some Considerations on the Relationship between res incorporales and Immaterialgüterrechte
• Cornelius G. van der Merwe, Stellenbosch: The Practical Application of Roman Law Principles Relating to the Acquisition of Movable Property by accessio and specificatio in Modern South African and Scots Law
• Part Two  : Roman Law in Modern Legal Reasoning
• Frits Brandsma, Groningen: Law in Daily Life
• Wataru Miyasaka, Tsukuba: Corpus ex distantibus in Roman Law
• Takeshi Sasaki, Kyoto: Roman-Japanese Legacy with the Appointment of second Degree Successor
• Part Three  : Modern Debates in the Light of Ancient Law
• Carlos Amunátegui Perelló, Santiago de Chile: Again on the Middle Class in the Roman Republic
• Ulrike Babusiaux, Zurich: Coordination of Different Layers of Law in the Roman Empire and in the European Union
• Mariko Igimi, Fukuoka: An Observation on Consumer Protection in Electronic Sale of Goods from the Perspective of Roman Law
• Yasunori Kasai, Tokyo: “Information” in the Ancient and Modern
• List of Contributors
• Index of Sources
• Index of Terms