Du Plessis
Biographic Data
| ID | 5627986 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Du Plessis |
| FAMILY NAME | Du Plessis |
| SIGNATURE | DU PLESSIS |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Edinburgh |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2272-6905 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 41 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 41 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Alfons Bürge, Die Lohnarbeit in der Antike
Federico Procchi, Profili giuridici delle Insulae a Roma antica, I
Article Federico Procchi, Profili giuridici delle Insulae a Roma antica, I: Contesto urbano, esigenze abitative ed investimenti immobiliari tra tarda repubblica ed alto impero (= Collana del Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza dell’Università di Pisa, Monografie, Nuove Serie 27) was published on July 1, 2022 in the journal Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte: Romanistische Abteilung (volume 139, issue 1)
Roman Law before the Twelve Tables
Locatio conductio
A survey of the main contours of the scholarly debate on the topic and the most recent literature.
Law, Roman
The legal history of ancient Rome is commonly divided into five epochs. These are: the Archaic period (753–250 bce ); the Preclassical period (250–27 bce ); the Classical period (27 bce –284 ce ); the Postclassical period (284–527 ce ); and the Justinianic period (527–65 ce ). Central to this nomenclature, which corresponds broadly to more conventional historical classifications of Roman history such as Republic and Empire, are notions of growth …
Law, civil
Civil law (and the associated concept “civilian tradition”), derived from the Latin ius civile , is the term used in contemporary legal scholarship to refer to the reception of Roman law into the legal systems of western Europe. This use of the term is different from its original meaning as that body of Roman law only available to Roman citizens, which was used in Roman legal sources as an antithesis to the ius gentium , that body of law which wa…
Ius
Ius is a Latin noun that occurs with great frequency in the sources for Roman law.
Tribonian
For a figure who had such a profound impact on one of the ancient world's greatest attempts at legal reform, relatively little is known about Tribonian.
Law in Roman Society
Entrevista com Paul J. Du Plessis
Jacques de Revigny
Disqualified Witnesses Between Tannaitic Halakha and Roman Law
This short piece is designed to be a response to the article by Orit Malka
Legalism
This edited collection, the fourth in a series devoted to the concept of ‘legalism’, focuses on the notions of property and ownership. The previous volumes in this series have tackled matters such as ‘rules and categories’ (vol. 1), ‘community and justice’ (vol. 2), and ‘anthropology and history’ (vol. 3), all from the perspective of ‘legalism’. They are the product of a series of seminars held at Oxford on this topic, as the Preface indicates. A…
Wrongful Damage to Property in Roman Law
Economic Inequality
This essay is a bi-disciplinary effort in applied ethics by a theologian and an economist who both share the convictions of the Christian faith and wish to demonstrate the significance of this faith for the vexing question of economic inequality. Following the see- judge- act- model often used in public theology, it examines first conceptual matters in order to define economic inequality and undertake a limited descriptive task to get a clearer e…
Cervidius Scaevola, Q.
This entry provides an overview of the life of Q. Cervidius Scaevola, a Roman jurist of the latter part of the second century ce . It focuses on his life and works and places him within in the larger context of Roman juristic culture of the later Principate.
Sulpicius Rufus, Servius
This entry provides an overview of the life of Servius Sulpicius Rufus and his significance for the development of Roman law of the Principate and Dominate. It places Servius in the context of the last century of the Roman Republic and of the emerging profession of Roman jurists.
Cicero's Law
The Incentivized Action View of Institutional Facts as an Alternative to the Searlean View
In our earlier work, we argued, contra Searle, that institutional facts can be understood in terms of non-institutional facts about actions and incentives. Butchard and D’Amico claim that we have misinterpreted Searle, that our main argument against him (“the circularity objection”) has no merit and that our positive view cannot account for institutional facts created via joint action. We deny all three charges
Borkowski's Textbook on Roman Law
Developing the incentivized action view of institutional reality
A Dialogue between Legal Theory and Legal Practice - Thoughts from the Ius Commune
»Vielmehr bietet [der Kommentar] auf höchstem Niveau eine substantielle Auseinandersetzung mit den Hintergründen, den Zusammenhängen, der Theorie und der Praxis des Grundgesetzes. Besseres lässt sich von einem Verfassungskommentar nicht sagen.“ Herbert Günther Staaatsanzeiger für das Land Hessen 2018 (50), 1494–1495
Tribonian
For a figure who had such a profound impact on one of the ancient world's greatest attempts at legal reform, relatively little is known about Tribonian.
Ius
Ius is a Latin noun that occurs with great frequency in the sources for Roman law.
Law, Roman
The legal history of ancient Rome is commonly divided into five epochs. They are: the Archaic period (753–250 BCE ); the Preclassical period (250–27 BCE ); the Classical period (27 BCE –284 CE ); the Postclassical period (284–527 CE ); and the Justinianic period (527–65 CE ). Central to this nomenclature, which corresponds broadly to more conventional historical classifications of Roman history such as republic and empire, are notions of growth a…
Law, civil
Civil law (and the associated concept “civilian tradition”), derived from the Latin ius civile , is the term used in contemporary legal scholarship to refer to the reception of Roman law into the legal systems of western Europe (Van Caenegem 2002: 38). This use of the term is different from its original meaning as that body of Roman law only available to Roman citizens, which was used in Roman legal sources as an antithesis to the Ius Gentium , t…
Developing the incentivized action view of institutional reality
Happy in the Service of the Company
This paper contributes to the debate on the level and trajectory of welfare at the Cape of Good Hope during the 18th century. Recent scholarship (for example, Allen 2005) has calculated and compared the levels and evolution of real wages in various European and Asian economies since the early modern period. To this literature we add evidence for unskilled and skilled workers of the Dutch East India Company at the Cape of Good Hope during the 18th…
Beyond DogmaticsLaw and Society in the Roman World
CONTENTS Preface List of Contributors List of Abbreviations DEBATES AND CONTEXTS Introduction: Themes and Literature J . Cairns and P J du Plessis 1 Law and Society A Watson LAW AND EMPIRE 2 Legal Pluralism and the Roman Empires K Tuori 3 Diplomatics, Law and Romanization in the Documents from the Judaean Desert E A Meyer LAW CODES AND CODIFICATION 4 Roman Law Codes and the Roman Legal Tradition J Harries 5 Diocletian and the Efficacy of Public L…
The Incentivized Action View of Institutional Facts as an Alternative to the Searlean View
In our earlier work, we argued, contra Searle, that institutional facts can be understood in terms of non-institutional facts about actions and incentives. Butchard and D’Amico claim that we have misinterpreted Searle, that our main argument against him (“the circularity objection”) has no merit and that our positive view cannot account for institutional facts created via joint action. We deny all three charges
Economic Inequality
This essay is a bi-disciplinary effort in applied ethics by a theologian and an economist who both share the convictions of the Christian faith and wish to demonstrate the significance of this faith for the vexing question of economic inequality. Following the see- judge- act- model often used in public theology, it examines first conceptual matters in order to define economic inequality and undertake a limited descriptive task to get a clearer e…
Recent business transformation in intermediate-sized cities in South Africa
The Great Moderation of the South African Business Cycle
The international financial crisis that started in 2007 and the subsequent end of the long expansion in South Africa has refocused attention on the business cycle. Prior to the crisis, the economies of both developed and developing countries experienced an extended period of low and stable inflation and stable real economic growth, an episode that has been called the “great moderation”. The disruption of this era by the financial crisis has highl…
The protection of the contractor in public works contracts in the Roman Republic and Early Empire
The use of contractors to build and maintain public works in Rome and the provinces is a common feature of Roman building practice in the Republic and early Principate. It reflects a general tendency in Roman republican administration (also found in other sectors such as tax-farming) to let out state business to private entrepreneurs. While the extant sources frequently mention the use of contractors in public works contracts, most references do …
Kunswerke in die staatsargief
The objectives set by South African sponsors for sport
Sport sponsorship expenditure has grown substantially since the early 1990s, largely due to South Africa's re-admission to international sport and an increase in television coverage of major sporting events. International experts conclude that five main categories of sport sponsorship objectives exist, and the opinions of South African sport sponsors on these were analysed. An indication was found that local sport sponsors focus heavily on media …
The protection of the contractor in public works contracts in the Roman Republic and Early Empire
The use of contractors to build and maintain public works in Rome and the provinces is a common feature of Roman building practice in the Republic and early Principate. It reflects a general tendency in Roman republican administration (also found in other sectors such as tax-farming) to let out state business to private entrepreneurs. While the extant sources frequently mention the use of contractors in public works contracts, most references do …
Introduction
This introductory chapter begins with a brief description of John Crook's book, Law and Life of Rome (1967) and how it inspired a small number of ancient historians to appreciate the value of a broader, more interdisciplinary, approach, which places the study of the law of the Roman Empire within various other academic disciplines such as legal history, ancient history, classics, and patristic studies. An overview of the subsequent chapters is al…
Locatio conductio, Kolonat, Pacht, Landpacht
Beyond Dogmatics
Beyond DogmaticsLaw and Society in the Roman World
CONTENTS Preface List of Contributors List of Abbreviations DEBATES AND CONTEXTS Introduction: Themes and Literature J . Cairns and P J du Plessis 1 Law and Society A Watson LAW AND EMPIRE 2 Legal Pluralism and the Roman Empires K Tuori 3 Diplomatics, Law and Romanization in the Documents from the Judaean Desert E A Meyer LAW CODES AND CODIFICATION 4 Roman Law Codes and the Roman Legal Tradition J Harries 5 Diocletian and the Efficacy of Public L…
Sport Stadia, Sporting Events and Urban Development
The Creation of the Ius CommuneFrom Casus to Regula
Introduction: Themes and Context (Cairns and Du Plessis) 1. An Introduction to the Interpretation of Legal Technicalities (Bezemer) 2. The Citation and the Ius Commune (Helmholz) 3. Medieval Family Law (Waelkens) 4. Legal Reasoning in Contract and Delict (Gordley) 5. The Buyer's Remedy for Latent Defects (Hallebeek) 6. Commercial Law (Ernst) 7. The Law of Unjustified Enrichment (Schrage/Dondorp) 8. The Law of Succession (Ryan) 9. The Roman Law of…
The Creation of the Ius Commune
Studies the transformation of Roman legal rules into the 'common law' of Western Europe in the period 1100-1400This book discusses in detail how medieval scholars reacted to the casuistic discussions in the inherited Roman texts, particularly the Digest of Justinian. It shows how they developed medieval Roman law into a system of rules that formed a universal common law for Western Europe. Because there has been little research published in Engli…
The Great Moderation of the South African Business Cycle
The international financial crisis that started in 2007 and the subsequent end of the long expansion in South Africa has refocused attention on the business cycle. Prior to the crisis, the economies of both developed and developing countries experienced an extended period of low and stable inflation and stable real economic growth, an episode that has been called the “great moderation”. The disruption of this era by the financial crisis has highl…
The Slave in the Window
Journal Article THE SLAVE IN THE WINDOW Get access Paul J. Du Plessis Paul J. Du Plessis Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, Volume 53, Issue Supplement_109, July 2010, Pages 49–60, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-5370.2010.tb00100.x Published: 24 March 2015
Recent business transformation in intermediate-sized cities in South Africa
Tribonian
For a figure who had such a profound impact on one of the ancient world's greatest attempts at legal reform, relatively little is known about Tribonian.
Ius
Ius is a Latin noun that occurs with great frequency in the sources for Roman law.
Law, Roman
The legal history of ancient Rome is commonly divided into five epochs. They are: the Archaic period (753–250 BCE ); the Preclassical period (250–27 BCE ); the Classical period (27 BCE –284 CE ); the Postclassical period (284–527 CE ); and the Justinianic period (527–65 CE ). Central to this nomenclature, which corresponds broadly to more conventional historical classifications of Roman history such as republic and empire, are notions of growth a…
Law, civil
Civil law (and the associated concept “civilian tradition”), derived from the Latin ius civile , is the term used in contemporary legal scholarship to refer to the reception of Roman law into the legal systems of western Europe (Van Caenegem 2002: 38). This use of the term is different from its original meaning as that body of Roman law only available to Roman citizens, which was used in Roman legal sources as an antithesis to the Ius Gentium , t…
Locatio conductio
Locatio conductio is the term used in Roman legal sources to refer to the contract of letting and hiring.
Iusiurandum
The Latin noun iusiurandum refers to an oath sworn initially to Jupiter (and other deities) or later (in the time of the empire) to the genius of the emperor.
Happy in the Service of the Company
This paper contributes to the debate on the level and trajectory of welfare at the Cape of Good Hope during the 18th century. Recent scholarship (for example, Allen 2005) has calculated and compared the levels and evolution of real wages in various European and Asian economies since the early modern period. To this literature we add evidence for unskilled and skilled workers of the Dutch East India Company at the Cape of Good Hope during the 18th…
A Dialogue between Legal Theory and Legal Practice - Thoughts from the Ius Commune
»Vielmehr bietet [der Kommentar] auf höchstem Niveau eine substantielle Auseinandersetzung mit den Hintergründen, den Zusammenhängen, der Theorie und der Praxis des Grundgesetzes. Besseres lässt sich von einem Verfassungskommentar nicht sagen.“ Herbert Günther Staaatsanzeiger für das Land Hessen 2018 (50), 1494–1495
Developing the incentivized action view of institutional reality
Borkowski's Textbook on Roman Law
Cicero's Law
The Incentivized Action View of Institutional Facts as an Alternative to the Searlean View
In our earlier work, we argued, contra Searle, that institutional facts can be understood in terms of non-institutional facts about actions and incentives. Butchard and D’Amico claim that we have misinterpreted Searle, that our main argument against him (“the circularity objection”) has no merit and that our positive view cannot account for institutional facts created via joint action. We deny all three charges
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