The Medieval Origins of the Legal Profession
by James A. Brundage · first published 2008
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…(amongst other factors): the independence of the judiciary (even from the Church, even though clergy sometimes acted as judges) and a focus on a documented due process acted as checks on runaway power. The Medieval Origins of the Legal Profession by Brundage is also an interesting read: * https://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/M/bo56... It even covers Roman law, and how it managed to be salvaged (to an extent) and be used as…
on “China’s liberalization and structural reform drives growth” ↗The medieval origins of the legal profession: canonists, civilians, and courts by Brundage The origins of reasonable doubt: theological roots of the criminal trial by Whitman
on “Ask HN: What's the best book you read in 2021?” ↗…and the Scientific Revolution and The Rise of Early Modern Science by Toby Huff: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toby_Huff If you're doing philosophy and science, you may be curious about law: see The Medieval Origins of the Legal Profession by Brundage: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._Brundage
on “Ask HN: Any recommendation for a good History of Science book?” ↗See The Medieval Origins of the Legal Profession by Brundage, which has some early chapters on the Roman time period: * https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/M/bo562094... * Review: https://forhistiur.net/2011-05-munzinger/ * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._Brundage
on “The Life of a Lawyer in the Late Roman Republic” ↗…shows how Christianity moved the needle from slaves to serfs to individual freedom: * https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18740986-inventing-the-i... This can further be expounded on in Brundage's The Medieval Origins of the Legal Profession illustrating how everyone—pauper to Pope—was afforded a fair shake at justice (due process in law) going back to (at least) the Middle Ages: * https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/M/bo562094...…
on “Hospitals that make profits should pay taxes” ↗…was one of the very first universities created, as a type of 'union' / guild of students, and it focused on the study of law: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Bologna Also Oxford. See The Medieval Origins of the Legal Profession by Brundage, which while focusing on law, covers a lot on universities because this was a big component of its development from 1000-1200AD. There were quite a few secularly-incorporated institutions:…
on “How the 'Western mind' was shaped by the Medieval Church” ↗> It took the Holy Roman Emperor to install courts of justice See The Medieval Origins of the Legal Profession by Brundage: > In the aftermath of sixth-century barbarian invasions, the legal profession that had grown and flourished during the Roman Empire vanished. Nonetheless, professional lawyers suddenly reappeared…
on “Tiberius, Imperial Detective” ↗I would think it would depend on the books and their genre. I just finished The Dark Forest, which is 512 pages, in a few days: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Forest Meanwhile The Medieval Origins of the Legal Profession, at 560 pages, took me two weeks: * https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3624887-the-medieval-ori... * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._Brundage It depends on what you want out of the book(s).…
on “How to easily read 50 books a year” ↗> So basically, corporations are legal persons because of Capitalism. See The Medieval Origins of the Legal Profession by Brundage, which has a few chapters on law during the Roman period, as well as chapters on the creation of universities, along with mentions of things like guilds and town charters, which were collective…
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