Legal History from a European Perspective

LH0910: German Model: the Primacy of Jurisprudence


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  • 1814: Savigny against Codification.
  • Volksgeist and the customary origin of every form of law.
  • Aporia: how could Roman Law be customary?.
  • Against Roman Law: the Germanists refuse the « law of Professors ».
  • The real meaning of the contrast: liberal individualism vs. social corporatism.
  • An example: Possession (Herzog 213):
  • - Good faith, titulus, res habilis;
  • - Exclusion of possession of rights.
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    Legal History from a European PerspectiveBy Emanuele Conte