Jurists and Jurisprudence in Medieval Italy

Osvaldo Cavallar is a professor of Christian Studies at Nanzan University. Julius Kirshner is an emeritus professor of Medieval and Renaissance History at the University of Chicago.

Preface by Lawrin Armstrong
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Short Titles

Introduction

1. Professors and Students

1. Foundations

1.1. The Constitution Habita of Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa (1155/58)

1.2. Accursius’s Glosses to the Constitution Habita

1.3. Students as Citizens in the Statutes of Modena (1327)

2. "We Give You the Licence to Teach Here and Everywhere"

2.1. Baldus de Ubaldis, Consilium on the Studium Generale of Milan (ca. 1393- 1396)

3. Privileges of Doctors and Students

3.1. Simon of Borsano, Privileges of Doctors and Students (1361- 1370)

4. How to Teach and Study Canon and Civil Law

4.1. Franciscus de Zabarellis, How to Teach and Study Canon and Civil Law (ca. 1410)

5. The Many Dwelling Places of Civil Wisdozm

5.1. Bartolus of Sassoferrato, Oration on Conferring the Doctorate of Law

6. Death Benefits

6.1. Consilium of Jacobus Niccoli (1400)

7. Hired Hands

7.1. Azo, Hiring (1208- 1210)

7.2. Rainerius of Perugia, Leasing out a Work to be Copied (1242)

7.3. Salatiele, Copyists and Other Persons Obligating Themselves to Perform Services [Contract and Glosses] (1248- 1254)

7.4. Rolandinus de Passegeriis, Hiring Another Person’s Services to Copy a Work (1273)

8. Law Students’ Books

8.1. Baldus de Ubaldis, Consilium [I] (ca. 1393–1396)

8.2. Baldus de Ubaldis, Consilium [II] (ca. 1393–1396)

9. "Many Books"

9.1. Oldradus de Ponte, Whether It Is Advantageous to Have Many Books (ca. 1320s)

10. Nobility, Usefulness, and Origin of Law

10.1. Doctoral Oration (ca. 1450)

2. Legal Profession

11. Advocates

11.1. Guilelmus Durantis, Mirror of Law (ca. 1284- 1289)

12. Fees

12.1. Azo, Quaestio disputata

13. Proof of a Doctoral Degree

13.1. Certifying a Judge’s Doctoral Degree in Florence (1374)

14. Bella Figura: Florentine Jurists and Their Wives

14.1. Deliberation of the Guild of Judges and Notaries of Florence (9 Sept. 1366)

14.2. Provisions of Florence’s Sumptuary Laws, 1377 and 1388

14.3. Stephanus de Bonacursis and Others, Consilium on the Exemption of Jurists and Their Wives from Florence’s Sumptuary Laws (1390)

15. A Waste of Time

15.1. Franco Sacchetti, Novella XL (ca. 1392- 1393)

16. "From the Mouth of God"

16.1. Eulogy of Marianus Socinus the Elder of Siena (1467)

3. Civil and Criminal Procedure

17. Civil Procedure

17.1. Civil Procedure in the Statutes of Florence (1415)

18. Consilium Sapientis

18.1. Requesting a consilium sapientis, Statutes of Florence (1415)

19. Witnesses

19.1. Treatise on Witnesses (Scientiam) (ca. 1230s)

20. False Testimony

20.1. Franciscus de Guicciardinis, Consilium (ca. 1505- 1516)

21. Criminal Procedure

21.1. Albertus Gandinus, Tract on Crimes (1300)

21.2. Judicial Inquiry of Albertus Gandinus against Cambinus Belli of Florence (1289)

21.3. Expenses Incurred during a Trial (1298)

4. Crime

22. Wounds from Assault

22.1. Tract on Wounds

23. Self-defence

23.1. Baldus de Ubaldis, Consilium (ca. 1384)

24. Vendetta

24.1. Baldus de Ubaldis, Consilium (ca. 1391–1393)

25. Adultery

25.1. Ivus de Coppolis, Consilium (ca. 1420–1441)

26. Abortion

26.1. Digest, Glossa, and Bartolus of Sassoferrato

26.2. Statutes of Biella (1245)

26.3. Statutes of Siena (1309)

26.4. Statutes of Castiglion Aretino (1384)

26.5. Albericus of Rosciate, Questions Concerning Statutes (1358)

5. Personal and Civic Status

27. Serfdom

27.1. Martinus of Fano, Serfs (ca. 1256- 1259)

27.2. Martinus of Fano, Notarial Forms for Drafting Contracts and Written Complaints (ca. 1232)

28. Citizenship

28.1. Statutes of Arezzo (1327): "Rubrics on Making New Citizens"

29. Citizen Bartolus

29.1. Petition to Grant Bartolus of Sassoferrato and His Brother Bonacursius Perugian Citizenship (1348)

30. Making New Citizens

30.1. Bartolus of Sassoferrato, Consilium

31. Dual Citizenship

31.1. An Anonymous Opinion and Baldus de Ubaldis, Consilium (ca. 1376- 1379)

32. Loss and Reacquisition of Citizenship

32.1. Angelus de Ubaldis, Consilium

33. Married Women’s Citizenship (1)

33.1. Digest, Code, Glossa, and Bartolus of Sassoferrato

34. Married Women’s Citizenship (2)

34.1. Jacobus de Fermo, Consilium (ca. 1400)

34.2. Dionisius de Barigianis, Consilium (ca. post 1411)

35. Jews as Citizens

35.1. Ordinance on the Privileges and Obligations of Jewish Residents of Perugia (1381)

6. Family Matters

36. Paternal Power (Patria Potestas)

36.1. Institutes (1.9): "Paternal Power"

36.2. Glosses to Institutes (1.9): "Paternal Power"

36.3. Angelus de Gambilionibus, Commentary to § Ius autem (Inst. 1.9.2) (ca. 1441- 1449)

36.4. Statutes of Perugia (1342): "Damnable Children Harming Their Own Parents"

36.5. Statutes of Chianciano (1287): "Contract Made by a Son-in-Power"

36.6. Albericus of Rosciate, Questions Concerning Statutes (1358)

36.7. Franciscus de Guicciardinis, Consilium (ca. 1505–1516)

37. Children Born Illegitimately

37.1. Benedictus de Barzis, Children Born Illegitimately (1456)

38. Contracting Marriage in Late Medieval Florence

38.1. Betrothal Contract (Sponsalitium) (1391)

38.2. Contracting Marriage (Anulum) (1391)

39. Dowries

39.1. Martinus Gosia, The Law of Dowries (ca. 1140)

40. Vested Interests

40.1. Bartolus of Sassoferrato, Commentary to Dig. 24. 3. 66. 1, In his rebus quas, § Servis uxoris

40.2. Angelus de Ubaldis, Consilium

40.3. Petrus de Albisis, Consilium

41. Prohibition of Gifts between Husband and Wife

41.1. Dig. 24. 1. 1, Moribus

41.2. Dig. 24. 1. 2, Non cessat

41.3. Baldus de Ubaldis, [First] Commentary to Dig. 24. 1. 1, Moribus

41.4. Baldus de Ubaldis, [Second] Commentary to Dig. 24. 1. 1, Moribus

41.5. Baldus de Ubaldis, Consilium (ca. 1396- 1400)

42. Remarriage of Widows and Conflicting Claims to the Dowry

42.1. Franciscus de Albergottis, Consilium (ca. 1362- 1364)

42.2. Baldus de Ubaldis, Consilium (ca. 1362- 1364)

43. Testamentary and Intestate Succession

43.1. Bartolus of Sassoferrato, Last Will (1356)

43.2. Bartolus of Sassoferrato, Consilium on Succession in stirpes or in capita

43.3. Bartolus of Sassoferrato, Consilium on Succession by Line of Descent

43.4. Angelus de Ubaldis, Consilium

44. Fraternal Households

44.1. Jacobus de Balduinis, Brothers Living Together (ca. post 1213)

45. Support

45.1. Martinus de Fano, Support (ca. 1265- 1272)

Glossary

Appendix 1. The Medieval System of Legal Citations

Appendix 2. Selected Jurists

Index