Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis / Revue d Histoire du Droit / The Legal History Review
Datos de la Revista
| Tipo | JOURNAL |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Brill Academic Publishers (NL) |
| ISSN | 0040-7585 / 1571-8190 |
| Scopus | 7200153169 |
| Wikidata | Q15760366 |
| OpenAlex | S4210227553 |
| Sitio web | http://www.wkap.nl/jrnltoc.htm/0040-7585 |
| Total de publicaciones | 2.209 |
| Periodo de cobertura | 1918 - 2026 |
| País | NL |
| Idioma | EN |
| Indexación | Indexada en Scopus |
| Citada por | 80 |
| Factor de impacto | 0.024 |
| SJR | 0.112 (Q3) |
| SNIP | 0.524 |
| CiteScore | 0.4 |
| Índice h | 5 |
| Índice i10 | 1 |
| Participación femenina en la autoría | 23.5% |
This journal focuses on legal history, which is a cognate social science/humanities field. While legal history can occasionally intersect with legal anthropology or historical anthropology, it is not a central or frequent point of intersection for social anthropology
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In the shadow of Paris: Origins and consequences of Belgian contrefaçon industry of French literary works
In the shadow of Paris, Belgian publishers built a remarkable industry: the mass reprinting of French literary and legal works. This article examines the phenomenon of Belgian contrefaçon – the systematic reprinting of French works between 1815 and 1854. In the absence of international copyright conventions, Belgian publishers lawfully reproduced French texts, selling them at a fraction of Parisian prices across Europe and the Americas. The artic…
Superficies solo cedit in the Roman province of Egypt
This research critically examines the assumed universality of the Roman legal rule superficies solo cedit by examining its application – or lack thereof – in Roman Egypt. Drawing on papyrological evidence, we argue that local traditions permitted the separate ownership of land and buildings, encompassing divided ownership within a single structure. These practices persisted after the Roman annexation and were recognised by Roman authorities. Thus…
The mutual duties of parents and their children: Evidence from post-Tridentine Liège
During the Early Modern period, the family was regarded as a ‘domestic economy’, with the husband and father at its head. Although familial relationships were primarily vertical – the family was a hierarchy – they were also governed by reciprocal obligations. This was notably the case in the relationship between parents and children. Drawing on the Fourth Commandment (Ex. 20:12), children were expected to show respect, love, obedience, and to ass…
Consensus and contract: Land lease in Ptolemaic Egypt
In the present paper the question is raised whether ancient Greek law did know the concept of a ‘consensual contract’. Indeed, it was controversial for a long time, and opinions remained divided on it. Actually, legal historians have to struggle with the problem of the sources: the legal institutions, as understood by the actors, have to be reconstructed upon documentary sources, mirroring everyday practice. For decades, the contract theory of H.…
R. Jacob, Les formes premières du droit en Occident, ii: Le sacré et le juridique. puf, [Paris 2024]. 480 p
From ‘form’ to ‘will’: The political origins of Jhering’s ‘Damaskuserlebnis’
Jhering’s intellectual transformation from formalism to realism – manifested as a methodological transition from his early adherence to ‘conceptual jurisprudence’ to his later advocacy of ‘teleological jurisprudence’ – constitutes a profound response to the political and social upheavals of nineteenth-century Germany. In his early thought, Jhering maintained that legal formalism could effectively resist political arbitrariness and safeguard indiv…
B. Kannowski, Geschichte der Menschenrechte. [Wege zur Rechtsgeschichte, utb 6399]. Böhlau, Köln 2025. 476 p
Did Arcadius legislate on episcopalis audientia? And was that legislation included in the Theodosian Code
It is generally assumed the text of CJ 1,4,7, a law on episcopal adjudication, was issued by Arcadius as part of a larger legislative action on the 27th of July AD 398 at Mnizus. Paul Krüger’s critical edition of Justinian’s Code is primarily responsible for this assumption gaining traction. Through an exploration of the (lacking) manuscript evidence and earlier humanist editions of the Code, notably that of Gregorius Haloander, this article stre…
The fideicommissum ‘si sine liberis decesserit’: Interpretating childlessness in the learned legal practice of the early modern Southern Netherlands (1550–1650)
This article examines the interpretation of the testamentary clause si sine liberis decesserit (‘if he dies without children’) within the learned legal practice of the Southern Netherlands. Frequently attached to fideicommissary substitutions, this clause aimed to preserve family property but generated complex disputes about the meaning of ‘childlessness’. Drawing on printed consilia and decisiones , the study explores how jurists addressed issue…
A discussion of the concept of lex from the Twelve Tables to the Regnum
The notion that public legislation existed during the obscure period preceding the Twelve Tables is a subject of intense debate in Roman legal and historical scholarship. This paper seeks to explore the existence of public statutes during the fifth and sixth centuries bce . It does not aim to examine the individual, often enigmatic, figures of Rome’s early kings or the specific laws attributed to them, but rather the general concept and plausibil…
D. 9,2,51 and the role of dialectic in Julian’s interpretation of chapter one lex Aquilia
D. 9,2,51 Iul. 86 dig . is one of the best known texts in Justinian’s Digest , appearing near to the end of title 9,2 on the lex Aquilia concerning damage to property. In it, the jurist Julian poses a hypothetical case in which two assailants each mortally wound a slave in separate incidents, culminating in the slave’s death. The question arises concerning the attackers’ liability under chapter one of the lex Aquilia for wrongful killing (‘ occid…
D. De Concilio, The Perpendiculum: Presumptions and legal arguments in the 12th century. [Medieval law and its practice, 43]. Brill, Leiden – Boston 2025. xvi + 460 S
Daphne Penna [and] Roos Meijering, A sourcebook on Byzantine law, Illustrating Byzantine law through the sources. [Medieval law and its practice, 34]. Brill, Leiden – Boston [2022]. xvii + 224 p
T. Pasquiet-Briand (dir.), Les conflits doctrinaux du xixe siècle, Une analyse des fondements politiques du droit. Éditions mare & martin, [Paris 2023]. 261 p
Frühklassische Testamentsauslegung im Spiegel von Phaedrus Fab. iv,5
In Phaedrus we find striking examples of law in literature. Not only does Phaedrus exhibit a propensity for juristic parlance, he shows a recurring interest in questions of law as well as an understanding of legal concepts. His Fab. iv ,5 in particular reflects topics which will have occupied early classical Roman jurists in their attempts to interpret testamentary dispositions. Read with a view to law as literature, Phaedrus’s narration draws at…
Passer lectres et contraitz entre les parties consentens et eux soubmectans a ladicte jurisdicion volontaire: De vrijwillige rechtspleging voor publieke notarissen, grafelijke leenmannen en lokale sch…
In late medieval Hainaut, notaries public, comital vassals, and local benches of aldermen alike were competent to authenticate deeds of various legal transactions. As they could all exercise voluntary or non-contentious jurisdiction, they competed with one another in a free legal market. From a legal-historical perspective, this contribution aims to assess their relative market share. Methodologically, it uses the concepts of ‘validity’ and ‘proo…
Srđan Šarkić, A history of Serbian mediaeval law. [Medieval law and its practice, 39]. Brill, Leiden – Boston [2023]. xiii + 616 p
Publication and the validity of constitutions in the Late Roman Empire
Contrary to the current view of Mommsen, Seeck and Schwind that imperial legislation required publication to gain validity, Bianchi Fossati Vanzetti and particularly Kreuzsaler maintained that imperial legislation gained validity directly by the issuing by the emperor (the datio ). Purpose of publication was merely to make the law known. For legal acts performed in the period between datio and publication according to the old law generally restit…
‘Quibus permissum est iura condere’: Some ideas on the origin of the Ius respondendi
It is contended in this article that there has never been a ‘ ius respondendi ’, a licence to respond, introduced by the emperor Augustus. Instead, Justinian, after having repealed the 426 Law of Citations, wanted to stress that the authority of Roman jurisprudence ( ius ) had always been dependent on imperial authority even before the Law of Citations, retroactively granting an imperial ‘licence to explain the law’ to all jurists mentioned in hi…
Versions of War Slavery: Grotius, Hobbes and the reception of their ideas
This article discusses two approaches to war slavery, one by Hugo Grotius based on jus gentium with a moral appeal to treat one’s war slaves well, the other by Thomas Hobbes for whom jus gentium plays no role and who focuses on the difference between chained and unchained slaves. Next, we look at the works of Pufendorf, Huber, and Noodt. There we find elements of both Grotius and Hobbes, in various combinations and with different outcomes. We see…
A historian of legal thought, a master of legal philology: Kees Bezemer (1951–2024), in memoriam
When the editors of the Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis asked me to write a short obituary for Kees Bezemer, I felt both honoured and challenged.I did not know Kees well personally.We met once or twice at academic congresses, but we never developed a close relationship.Still, I have known him -intensely and for a long time -through his writings.His work has been a steady companion to my own.If I accepted the invitation to write these lines, i…
S. Meder, Savignys Weg in die juristische Moderne: Romantik, Gender, Religion, Wissenschaft. Schwab Verlag, [Berlin 2023]. 477 S
‘To the great advantage of skippers’: On compacten, or mutual marine insurances, in early modern Friesland
During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, mutual marine insurances between skippers, known as compacten , emerged throughout Friesland, both in villages and in cities. Outlining the legal settings of twelve compacten by discussing the organization of these compacten, the risks insured against, the financial set-ups and other noteworthy clauses, the overall view is that these mutual insurances offered Frisian skippers and shipowners a risk …
Building the law: Law-making and lobbying in Belgium’s construction sector (c. 1890 – c. 1940)
This article zooms in on the legal activities of the Société Centrale d’Architecture en Belgique in the Belle Époque and Interbellum, analyzing the ways in which professional interest groups without a legal background could impact processes of law-making. scab developed publications for professionals and invested in strategic networking and in-house legal expertise. As a result, it not only became an important centre of information on constructio…
F. Dorssemont, On the artistic representation of industrial disputes in the shadow of repression in European art, From 1870 to 1914 and beyond. [Law and visual jurisprudence, 15]. Springer, Cham (Swit…
"F. Dorssemont, On the artistic representation of industrial disputes in the shadow of repression in European art, From 1870 to 1914 and beyond. [Law and visual jurisprudence, 15]. Springer, Cham (Switzerland) 2024. ix + 210 p." published on 30 Apr 2025 by Brill | Nijhoff
The Divorce of Carvilius Ruga
An attempt to trace the main outline of the history of divorce in Rome in the very early period is largely an attempt to explain two conflicts, or, at least, two apparent conflicts in the texts, both of which are connected with the divorce of Carvilius Ruga
Transforming Greek practice into Roman law: Manumissions in Roman Macedonia
Ulpiani Opinionum Libri VI
genus dicendi an die Kanzleisprache des 4. (und 5.) Jhs
Ulpiani Opinionum Libri VI
genus dicendi an die Kanzleisprache des 4. (und 5.) Jhs
Furtum and manus / potestas
The nature of furtum has been subjected to various interpretations, often with the assumption that this delict changed in nature between the Twelve Tables and end of the 2nd century A.D. It is submitted here that the delict was originally an intrusion upon the power ( manus , potestas , dominium ) of the pater familias and in its most acute form ( furtum manifestum ) punished with a religious sanction, viz. treating the fur as sacer . The same sa…
An Unknown Fourteenth Century Lecture of the Orléans School: Jean Nicot On Book Vi of the Code
Ulpian, Natural law and Stoic influence
Ulpian's statement in the first text of the Digest that natural law is part of private law is genuine and his view that humans share natural law with animals is influenced by Stoic philosophy, as is his cosmopolitan outlook. The recognition of natural law as a source of law in the Severan age formalised what had long been the case
Defining prostitution in Athenian legal rhetorics
The purpose of this paper is to reconstruct the definition of prostitution in Athenian law. Such an attempt is risky, because there is no actual citation of any law dealing with this problem in the source evidence we deal with and we cannot be sure, if the problem was regulated with one act only. However, as earning a living through prostitution caused severe consequences for Athenians doing so, the supposition that such a definition existed seem…
Fundus as Economic Unit
Formalism, Symbolism and Magic in Early Roman Law
On the origin of the constitution Alearum lusus (C. 3,43,1) and its insertion into the Codex Justinianus
The article explores the origin of C. 3,43,1, which is a Latin epitome ( Alearum lusus ) of an originally Greek constitution of Justinian’s. The main issues discussed are when this constitution was translated, epitomized and by whom and when it was inserted in book III of the Codex. This is done by investigating the traces of the approximate times when the influence of the constitution in legal doctrine is apparent, both in civil and canon law. F…
The Legal Repression of Revolts in Late Medieval Flanders
byJAN DUMOLYN (Ghent) 1.I am greatly indebted to many people for this article
The Social Policy of Emperor Constantine in Codex Theodosianus 4,6,3
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L'Origine De L'Enquête Par Turbe
Opus Selon La Définition De Labéon (D. 50, 16,1,5)
241 OPUS SELON LA DÉFINITION DE LABÉON (D. 50, 16,1,5) par F.B.J. WUBBE (Fribourg/Suisse) 1. - Opus est un mot de tous les jours, son sens est connu. En consultant les dictionnaires, on trouve les memes equivalents que pour 'oeuvre': travail, tache (se mettre a 1'oeuvre), mais aussi: resultat du travail, de I'action (la science est l'oeuvre des siecles), et dans un sens plus large: 1'ensemble des ouvrages de quel- qu'un (I'oeuvre de Beethoven)'. …
An Athenian Commercial Case: Demosthenes 34
The Early History of Iniuria
Code Et Codification Dans La Pensee De Jeremy Bentham
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Le Conflit Entre L'Équité Et La Loi Chez Les Premiers Glossateurs
De Universiteit Van Orleans in De XiiiE Eeuw
Heerlijkheden En Heerlijke Rechten
De Universiteit Van Orleans in De XiiiE Eeuw
De Instituten Van Gaius En Het Oudhelleensche Recht
In 1859 karakteriseerde MOMMSEN in een tijdschriftartikEll) d.en Romeinschen jurist Gaius als een ,,Provincial,jurist". Zijn meening vond eerst nog al wat aanhangers, maar er kwam meer en m<'er oppositie en tegenwoordig besohouwen de meeste geleerden Gaius een rechtsgeleerde "uit de hoofdstad" 2).Bij het debat is echter, volgtins mijn meening, duidelijk uitgekomen, dat de vraag, zooals ze gewoonlgk gesteld wordt, nog niet voor beantwoording vatba…
De Invloed Der Praktijk Op De Vorming Van Het Nederlandsche Procesrecht
DE INVLOED DER PRAKTIJK OP DE VORMING VAN HET NEDERLANDSCHE PROCESRECHT DOOR MR. E. M. MEIJERS, Hoogleeraar te Leiden. Sinds in 1811 de zoogenaamde summiere procedure in ons burger- lijk procesrecht is ingevoerd, hebben twee belangrijke herzieningen plaafs gevonden; die van 1838, toen, voortbouwend op den Franschen code de procedure civile, ons Wetboek van Burgerlijke Regtsvordering werd ingevoerd en die van 1896, toen de zoogenaamde wet HARTOGH …
De Verwachting Des Volks in 1789 Ten Aanzien Van De Codificatie
I.Zoo was in Frankrijk, voor de Revolui;ie, de geestesgesteldheid: het volk wenschte sinds eeuwen de codificatie, eerst de gewestelijke en plaatselijke, dan de nationale, en de Kroon, die het verlangen des volks in het regeeringsprogram had opgenomen, had haar best gedaan, de verwezenlrjking daarvan te brengen, Dit dubbele gegeven der geschiedenis wordt opnieuw bevestigd door he<; onderzoek, dat wij hebben ingesteld naar de rechtsgedachte dier co…
De Rechtsgedachte Der Codificatie-Beweging in Frankrijk, Voor De Revolijtie
geboekstaafd Romeinsah recht ten behoeve van de onderworpen.bevolking was een nawerking van de Oudheid, die in de beschaafde Middeleeuwen geen sporen heeft gelaten; evenmin als de leges een begin van een strafrechtscodificatie
Historische Wetsuitlegging
Noch het belang der historische wetsuitlegging, n6ch het gevaar dat zij met zich brengt, is het onderwerp dezer bijdrage.Het eerste is door velen erkend, door anderen even krachtig bestreden ; tegen het tweede zijn tal van malen waarschuwende stemmen opgegaan.Het geldt hier een vraag eener4ds van aanleg en gevoel,.anderzijds een waarvan het antwoord beheerscht wordt door de verhouding die men legt tusschen wet en recht en de opvatting die men hee…
Boekaankondigingen
BOEKAANKONDIGINGEN JURIDIEKE FOLKLORE EMILE JOBBÉ- DUVAL, Les idées primitives dans la Bretagne contemporaine. Essais de folk-lore juridique et d'Histoire générale du Droit. - Paris, Lib. de la société du Recueil Sirey, 1920. - 529 bl. Dit werk is een nieuwe, zeer uitgebreide, uitgave van twee studies, in de Nouvelle Rev.ue historique du Droit fi-angais et Wtrange?- van 1909 tot 1914 verschenen en sedert door de Aca- d4mie des sciences morales et…
De Geboorte Van Den Hoogen Raad Van Holland En Zeeland
geheel of zoo goed als geheel voor den druk in gereedheid te zijn gebracht, zoodat ik slechts weinig er aan had toe te voegen.Ik meende niet beter te kunnen doen dan TONCx:ENS' werk, voorzoover het persklaar was, ongewijzigd over te nemen.Wat nu volgt, is van ToNOKENS ; het in den tekst met kleine letters opgenomene en de noten zijn van mij, tenzij anders is vermeld
Haro
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Boekaankondiging
Stemmen Voor De Codificatie Onder De Regeering Van Lodewijk Xvi
Heerlijkheden En Heerlijke Rechten
Sacramentum En Legisactio Sacramento
In de Chvristelijke kerk is het woord sacramentum van zoo algemeene bekendheid, dat menigeen dit woord als van Christelijken huize zal beschouwen en het er voor zal houden, dat dit woord het eerst in de Christelijke kerk is opgekomen.Toch is dit niet het geval.Eeuwen voor onze jaartelling heeft het sacramentum iti het Romeinsche leger en in het Romeinsche proces een belangrijke rol gespeeld.Evenals vim facere, imperium, en praetor behoort ook het…
Kleine Mededeelingen
De Rechtsgedachte Van Het Codificatiewerk Der Revolutie
yDe tous les bienfaits que la France attendait de la r6volution, le plus ardemment desire et le plus souvent promis a ete un code civil".Zoo vertolkte JACQUEMINOT het verlangen, dat krachtig leefde in de Fransche natie 1).Lang voor 1789 bestond dat verlangen, door wetgever en publicisten gewekt, door rechtsgeleerden en rechtsbezorgers gekoesterd, door de rechtzoekenden gedragen.Nu vlamt het onstuimig op, laaiend door de hoop op eindelijke .verwez…
Heerlijkheden En Heerlijke Rechten
De Universiteit Van Orleans in De XiiiE Eeuw
Een Nieuwe Jachtwet
EEN NIEUWE JACHTWET (ONTWERP-JACHTWET 1920). DOOR Mr. A. S. DE BLÉCOURT, hoogleeraar te Leiden. Het in 1910 uitgebracht rapport betreffende de jachtwether- ziening, afkomstig van de Staatscommissie 1904, werd spoedig na zijn verschijning betiteld als het Jagersrapport. Dit voorspelde weinig goeds ten aanzien van de verzoenende werking, die van het ontwerp-wet der Commissie, mocht het ooit wet worden, zou kunnen uitgaan. Het was teleurstellend voo…
Het Schreiend Kind
De Onsplitsbaarheid Der Bekentenis
Nieuwe Bijdrage Tot Het Ontstaan Van Het Beginsel Der Realiteit
Un Projet De Code Civil Tardif Et Inédit
UN PROJET DE CODE CIVIL TARDIF ET INÉDIT NOTICE PAR J. VAN KAN (LEIDEN). Dans les premilres aunees de la Revolution, les citoyens 6taient assez port4s a se meler de 1'oeuvre codificatrice a accomplir. Mais d6s que le gouvernement prend la tache en mains, l'initiative privee s'esquive presque aussitot 1). On est d'autant plus surpris de rencontrer un plan de code civil projet6 par un simple particulier en plein Consulat, alors que les travaux de l…
Dies e Condicio