Ius Commune Podcast

In this episode, we explore the project “The Making of Local Legal Cultures under Rome,” featuring an interview with Professor's Yair Furstenberg, from the Hebrew university in Jerusalem. The project examines how communities in the Greek East negotiated their legal identities amid Roman imperial authority, revealing that law was not a vacuum but a contested space where local customs and Roman practice interested. By integrating early rabbinic literature as a key source, the project sheds light on Jewish jurisprudence and its role in provincial law-making. Through a multi-dimensional analysis of various legal traditions, including legal papyrology and Roman law, the project aims to uncover how these local legal cultures expressed agency and self-determination, ultimately contributing to a richer understanding of cultural and political distinctions under Roman rule. Join us for an enlightening discussion on the complexities of law, identity, and power in antiquity.

In this episode, I interview Prof. McSweeney about his book, Priests of the Law.

Part of a two-part series on French legal history.

The Formation of the Common Law with Professor John G.H. Hudson of St. Andrew's, Scotland

Professor Sellers and I dive into the Roman republican system with some comparisons to the American Republic and other modern legal systems. This is the first in a two-part series on Roman constitutionalism.

We discuss the specifics of Roman contract law. We also discuss how the Roman Jurists influenced Roman contract law.

An overview of the reemergence of Roman law in Europe, medieval law, canon law, Gratian, and much more...

An overview of the Republican system of litigation.

Bruce Frier's "The Rise of the Roman Jurists": https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691639567/the-rise-of-the-roman-jurists

Thomas & McGinn's "Ancient Law, Ancient Society": https://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Law-Society-Dennis-Kehoe/dp/0472130439

Ernest Metzger's "Litigation in Roman Law": https://global.oup.com/academic/product/litigation-in-roman-law-9780198298557?cc=us&lang=en&

Andrew Lintott's "The Constitution of the Roman Republic":

https://www.amazon.com/Constitution-Roman-Republic-Andrew-Lintott/dp/0199261083

Andrew Lintott's "Imperium Romanum": https://www.amazon.com/Imperium-Romanum-Administration-Andrew-Lintott/dp/0415093759

T. Corey Brennan's "The Praetorship in the Roman Republic": https://www.amazon.com/Praetorship-Roman-Republic-Origins-122/dp/0195114590