Authorship in Early Modern Jurisprudence
Paul Voet (1619-1667) on auctor and editor
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19180012 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laura Beck Varela (Universidad Autónoma de MadridSpain [email protected], corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 252-277 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-14 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Quaerendo (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0014-9527 • E-ISSN: 1570-0690 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15700690-12341385 |
| OpenAlex | W2778664773 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Paul Voet (1619-1669), law professor at the University of Utrecht, opened his most famous work, published in 1657, with an unusual discussion of the five different types of auctores of juridical books (juris libri)—a precious source for the history of authorship in the jurisprudence and in the early modern respublica litteraria in general. This essay discusses the key concepts for his understanding of auctor and auctoritas in the field of jurisprudence, as well as the motivations for this uncommon inquiry into the notion of authorship. Besides his personal reasons (the rumors about the illegitimate authorship of some of his works), the detailed taxonomy of legal auctores also helped him to build a cogent argument against the validity of canon law in the United Provinces. His aim was to redesign the history of legal tradition and to dispute the authority of certain canon law sources, such as Gratian’s Decretum
Argument (complex analysis) · Jurisprudence · Legal history · Political science · Sociology · Classical Studies and Legal History · Classics · Historical Legal Studies and Society · History · Law · Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |