Ernest Metzger
Biographic Data
| ID | 6048192 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ernest Metzger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ernest |
| FAMILY NAME | Metzger |
| SIGNATURE | METZGER E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Glasgow |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8458-6816 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Die unverzichtbare Wissenschaft – The Indispensable Science
Wie das akademische und schöpferische Wirken Wolfgang Ernsts ist auch dieses Werk anlässlich seines 70. Geburtstags geprägt von der Mannigfaltigkeit der angewandten Methoden und bearbeiteten Themen. Dem Jubilar verbundene Autorinnen und Autoren aus unterschiedlichen Ländern widmen sich Fragen aus allen Epochen der europäischen Rechtsgeschichte und aus verschiedensten Rechtsgebieten und Rechtsordnungen. Ein Fokus liegt auf den Kerngebieten des Ziv…
Vadimonium
A vadimonium was a unilateral obligation, created by stipulation, binding a party in Roman civil litigation to return on a future occasion to a place where justice would be administered.
Vindex
The term vindex denotes two distinct roles in Roman civil procedure.
Litigation in Roman Law
Modern accounts of how lawsuits were filed in Rome during the classical period tend to show that the opponents were willingly working together under the guidance of a magistrate, until their case was ready for trial. The parties found a convenient time to make their first appearance, at which time they decided on the details of their case, selected a judge, and received permission to go to trial. If any delay were necessary, the magistrate helped…
Litigation in Roman Law.
Examining a wealth of new evidence, Metzger paints a picture of litigation under Roman law that is far less polite and orderly than that commonly held till now. He also examines how the rules of procedure coped with the typical pretrial delays that the Roman system, and indeed any legal system, faces.
Bail in Cicero
Bail in Herculaneum and Puteoli
This chapter examines the epigraphic evidence that supports the existence of a practice of introducing civil lawsuits by vadimonium (bail) in Rome during the classical period. The first useful epigraphic evidence of vadimonium was discovered in the 1930s in Herculaneum: a series of waxed, wooden tablets that recorded vadimonia from the first century AD. These tablets were interpreted by their first editors as extra-judicial vadimonia. The vadimon…
Adam Smith and Roman servitudes
1. -Smith's two accounts of Roman servitudes 2. -A modern critique 3. -Smith's historical jurisprudence 4. -Model
Roman Judges, Case Law, and Principles of Procedure
Most who study Roman law today do so as historians, not lawyers. History includes doctrine, but Roman legal doctrine is rarely used to solve modern problems. There are exceptions: Roman law helps to solve modern problems in certain jurisdictions and academic writing sometimes gives a Roman solution to a modern problem. But the time is past when Roman sources were routinely put to work in the world of affairs, and most would say codification is th…
A new outline of the Roman civil trial
Antinoopolis Papyrus 1. 22
This chapter focuses on Antinoopolis papyrus I.22. First, it discusses a fragment that illustrates the limits of protection afforded to a plaintiff who has sued a pupil. The first illustration is mutilated, and concludes with words iudicum dabitur. The second illustration, from quodsi to praetorio, appears to narrow the relief mentioned in the first illustration. The third illustration, beginning with Item Pomponius scribit, alters the facts sign…
The Meaning of ‘Divide’
This chapter provides an explanation to the phrase ‘divide the day’ and certain aspects of diem diffindere that the one-day rule would otherwise explain. It cites some accounts on divided calendar days, such as intersicus dies under the rubric of fissi dies. Macrobius and Varro explain that this is a day which is nefas at its beginning and end and is otherwise fas. It also suggests a chronological division of the day, divided between court busine…
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A new outline of the Roman civil trial
Antinoopolis Papyrus 1. 22
This chapter focuses on Antinoopolis papyrus I.22. First, it discusses a fragment that illustrates the limits of protection afforded to a plaintiff who has sued a pupil. The first illustration is mutilated, and concludes with words iudicum dabitur. The second illustration, from quodsi to praetorio, appears to narrow the relief mentioned in the first illustration. The third illustration, beginning with Item Pomponius scribit, alters the facts sign…
The Meaning of ‘Divide’
This chapter provides an explanation to the phrase ‘divide the day’ and certain aspects of diem diffindere that the one-day rule would otherwise explain. It cites some accounts on divided calendar days, such as intersicus dies under the rubric of fissi dies. Macrobius and Varro explain that this is a day which is nefas at its beginning and end and is otherwise fas. It also suggests a chronological division of the day, divided between court busine…
Adam Smith and Roman servitudes
1. -Smith's two accounts of Roman servitudes 2. -A modern critique 3. -Smith's historical jurisprudence 4. -Model
Roman Judges, Case Law, and Principles of Procedure
Most who study Roman law today do so as historians, not lawyers. History includes doctrine, but Roman legal doctrine is rarely used to solve modern problems. There are exceptions: Roman law helps to solve modern problems in certain jurisdictions and academic writing sometimes gives a Roman solution to a modern problem. But the time is past when Roman sources were routinely put to work in the world of affairs, and most would say codification is th…
Litigation in Roman Law
Modern accounts of how lawsuits were filed in Rome during the classical period tend to show that the opponents were willingly working together under the guidance of a magistrate, until their case was ready for trial. The parties found a convenient time to make their first appearance, at which time they decided on the details of their case, selected a judge, and received permission to go to trial. If any delay were necessary, the magistrate helped…
Litigation in Roman Law.
Examining a wealth of new evidence, Metzger paints a picture of litigation under Roman law that is far less polite and orderly than that commonly held till now. He also examines how the rules of procedure coped with the typical pretrial delays that the Roman system, and indeed any legal system, faces.
Bail in Cicero
Bail in Herculaneum and Puteoli
This chapter examines the epigraphic evidence that supports the existence of a practice of introducing civil lawsuits by vadimonium (bail) in Rome during the classical period. The first useful epigraphic evidence of vadimonium was discovered in the 1930s in Herculaneum: a series of waxed, wooden tablets that recorded vadimonia from the first century AD. These tablets were interpreted by their first editors as extra-judicial vadimonia. The vadimon…
Vadimonium
A vadimonium was a unilateral obligation, created by stipulation, binding a party in Roman civil litigation to return on a future occasion to a place where justice would be administered.
Vindex
The term vindex denotes two distinct roles in Roman civil procedure.
Die unverzichtbare Wissenschaft – The Indispensable Science
Wie das akademische und schöpferische Wirken Wolfgang Ernsts ist auch dieses Werk anlässlich seines 70. Geburtstags geprägt von der Mannigfaltigkeit der angewandten Methoden und bearbeiteten Themen. Dem Jubilar verbundene Autorinnen und Autoren aus unterschiedlichen Ländern widmen sich Fragen aus allen Epochen der europäischen Rechtsgeschichte und aus verschiedensten Rechtsgebieten und Rechtsordnungen. Ein Fokus liegt auf den Kerngebieten des Ziv…
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