Essays in Law and History for David Ibbetson: Querella

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Over the last 40 years, David Ibbetson has paved the way in a remarkably broad range of fields. In ancient law, his scholarship has spanned both the detailed doctrine of the Roman law of obligations and the cross-pollination of legal influences around the ancient Mediterranean. His work on English legal history has ranged from the earliest days of the common law through to the turn of the 20th century, combining forensic archival research with a sensitivity to how lawyers thought about their subject. In European legal history, Ibbetson has shown the porousness of the civil law and the extent to which it has been shaped by other areas of intellectual life, from theology to rationalist philosophy. The contributions in this volume mirror both the breadth and the depth of Ibbetsons scholarship. The book combines chapters from the leading scholars of Ibbetsons generation in his own and cognate fields, as well as a dozen of Ibbetsons own doctoral students. All have offered chapters that build upon or respond to Ibbetsons ideas, whether in published form or that have arisen out of his provocative style of teaching. It concludes with Ibbetsons own valedictory lecture on the importance of legal history to modern approaches to legal practice and scholarship.

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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.