Roman Law in Britain
Abstract
The paper discusses, first, how classical Roman law can become highly suffused through exposure to a more unusual influence: English law; second, how it has nevertheless proved, on occasion, to be inspirational for English law; and third, why the fact of that influence has sometimes had to be suppressed. The bridge between Roman law and English law is provided by Scotland.
Citation
R. Evans-Jones, 'Roman Law in Britain', in U. Manthe and C. Krampe, edd., Quaestiones Iuris. Festschrift für Joseph Georg Wolf zum 70. Geburtstag [Freiburger Rechtsgeschichtliche Abhandlungen (n.F.), Bd. 36] (Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 2000), pp. 83-110