Law and Legal Culture in the Fourteenth Century
Sponsoring Organization(s)
14th Century Society
Organizer Name
Elizabeth Papp Kamali
Organizer Affiliation
Harvard Law School
Presider Name
Aleksandra Pfau
Presider Affiliation
Hendrix College
Paper Title 1
The Men in the Middle: Royal Officials and Local Communities in Fourteenth-Century England
Presenter 1 Name
Eliza Buhrer
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Loyola Univ. New Orleans
Paper Title 2
Legislative Kingship in Castile from Alfonso X to Alfonso XXI
Presenter 2 Name
David Cantor-Echols
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Univ. of Chicago
Paper Title 3
The Re-emergence of Customary Law in Fourteenth-Century Aragon
Presenter 3 Name
Jennifer Speed
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Univ. of Dayton
Start Date
13-5-2018 8:30 AM
Session Location
Bernhard 211
Description
Punctuated by crisis, ranging from famine to plague to revolt, the fourteenth century was a time of tremendous legal innovation and yet, in some areas, also a century of gradual evolution and even stasis in the law. In some localities, customary law came into conflict with an increasingly well-defined common law (e.g., in England) or ius commune (in continental Europe). The fourteenth century also witnessed the production of written compilations of law; some would argue that the very act of recording custom or law transformed it into something new. This panel will explore the nature and impact of law and legal culture in the fourteenth century, welcoming papers on such topics as: legal innovation in response to crisis, the rise of the legal profession, jurisdictional competition between center and periphery, and the role of customary law in a world of increasingly written law. Papers are welcome on any aspect of this broad theme, and geographical diversity will be a priority in selecting papers for the panel.
Debra A. Salata
Law and Legal Culture in the Fourteenth Century
Bernhard 211
Punctuated by crisis, ranging from famine to plague to revolt, the fourteenth century was a time of tremendous legal innovation and yet, in some areas, also a century of gradual evolution and even stasis in the law. In some localities, customary law came into conflict with an increasingly well-defined common law (e.g., in England) or ius commune (in continental Europe). The fourteenth century also witnessed the production of written compilations of law; some would argue that the very act of recording custom or law transformed it into something new. This panel will explore the nature and impact of law and legal culture in the fourteenth century, welcoming papers on such topics as: legal innovation in response to crisis, the rise of the legal profession, jurisdictional competition between center and periphery, and the role of customary law in a world of increasingly written law. Papers are welcome on any aspect of this broad theme, and geographical diversity will be a priority in selecting papers for the panel.
Debra A. Salata