Essays in Law and History for David Ibbetson

Joe Sampson is Assistant Professor of Legal History at the University of Cambridge, UK. Stelios Tofaris is Associate Professor at the University of Cambridge, UK.

1. Introduction, Joe Sampson and Stelios Tofaris (University of Cambridge, UK)
2. Acta et Agenda, David Ibbetson (University of Cambridge, UK)

Part One: Ancient Law
3. Chasing, Lying and Persuading: D 47.2.52.19-52.24 in Context, Helen Scott (University of Cambridge, UK)
4. D 9.2.27.14 (Ulp 18 Ad Ed): Weeds in the Digest, Wolfgang Ernst (University of Oxford, UK)
5. Felling Trees in Mesopotamia and Rome, Joe Sampson (University of Cambridge, UK)

Part Two: English Legal History
6. Taking Thirteenth-Century Statutes Seriously: The Strange History of Remedies Based on Chapter 7 of the Statute of Gloucester (1278), Paul Brand (University of Oxford, UK)
7. John Selden’s Commonplace-Book (1608), John Baker (University of Cambridge, UK)
8. Early Seventeenth-Century Common Injunctions, Neil Jones (University of Cambridge, UK)
9. The Burden of Proof in English Criminal Proceedings After the Revolution, Mike Macnair (University of Oxford, UK)
10. Motive and Malice Prepensed, Joshua Getzler (University of Oxford, UK)
11. Dogs, Dons and Monkeys: Legal Liability for Domestic Animals, Warren Swain (University of Auckland, New Zealand)

Part Three: Comparative Legal History
12. Peer Reviewing Cujas, Alain Wijffels (University of Leiden and Ku Leuven, Belgium)
13. Star Chamber and the Civil Law, Ian Williams (University College London, UK)
14. The Law of Treason in Britain’s Roman-Dutch Colonies, Michael Lobban (University of Oxford, UK)
15. Rome in the Antipodes: Emphyteusis and the Australian Perpetual Lease, Paul Babie (University of Adelaide, Australia)
16. Specific Performance and the Indian Contract Act: History, Theory and Politics, Stelios Tofaris (University of Cambridge, UK)
17. Path Dependence and French Administrative Law, John Bell (University of Cambridge, UK)

Part Four: History and Modernity
18. Law in Henry James’s Early Fiction, Paul Mitchell (University College London, UK)
19. English Student Legal Periodicals, 1842-1922: Peculiarly Applicable to English Law Students, Catharine MacMillan (King’s College London, UK)
20. Historical Insights into Contemporary Legal Problems: The 2020 Reforms of the Law of Civil Contempt, David Foxton (Justice of the High Court, UK)
21. Tort and Stability, Matt Dyson (University of Oxford, UK) and Emily Gordon (University College London, UK)
22. ‘Unofficial Law’, Doctrinal Change, and Judicial Review of Prerogative Powers, David Feldman (University of Cambridge, UK)
23. Quackery, Care and Themes in Nineteenth-Century Legal Change, Colm McGrath (King’s College London, UK)
24. Judges, Jurists and Style, Jonathan Morgan (University of Cambridge, UK)