Episodes
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Medieval law: texts, jurists and legal practice with Prof. Emanuele Conte
This episode of Ius Commune explores the history of medieval law through the research of Emanuele Conte, focusing on the relationship between Roman legal traditions, medieval juristic thought, and legal practice. The conversation examines the renewed study of Justinian’s Corpus Iuris Civilis from...
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Roman law in legal and non legal writings with Maren Niehoff and Ulrike Babusiaux
Roman law is often studied through juristic writings, imperial legislation, and legal compilations. Yet legal ideas also permeated a much broader range of texts, from philosophy and rhetoric to history, Jewish literature, and early Christian writings. Inspired by the conference Roman Law in...
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The judgment of the provinces. Law and society in the Roman world with Ari Bryen
This episode explores Ari Z. Bryen’s The Judgment of the Provinces: The Roman Empire and the Origins of Law and Society, a provocative reassessment of the relationship between law, society, and imperial power in the Roman world. Challenging traditional views of Roman law as a centralized system...
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Grotius, Ancient Law, and the Origins of International Law
This episode explores the relationship between Hugo Grotius’s legal thought and the emergence of international law in the context of early modern European expansion. Rather than presenting Grotius as a purely abstract theorist, the conversation highlights his role as a legal advisor to the Dutch...
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Money in Imperial Rome: Legal Diversity and Systemic Complexity
This episode examines Merav Haklai’s Money in Imperial Rome: Legal Diversity and Systemic Complexity, focusing on her central claim that money in the Roman world was not merely coinage but a legal and cognitive framework shaped by juristic reasoning. Rather than treating the Roman economy as…
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The God and the Bureaucrat
This episode explores a provocative rethinking of Roman law—not as a coherent, rational system that governed everyday life, but as a powerful form of political imagination. Moving beyond the traditional image inherited from Justinian and later jurists, the discussion shows how legal texts...
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The Servus project. Reception of Roman law outside Europe
What happened when Roman law—crafted for citizens and slaves of the ancient world—was revived to justify colonial domination centuries later? In this episode, we explore how early modern thinkers like Hugo Grotius reinterpreted Roman legal categories to structure Dutch imperial rule, and how…
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Talking Late Antique Codification with Prof. Riedlberger
In this episode, host and guest delve into the challenges and fascination of late Roman law and codification. Professor Peter Riedlberger—a leading historian of Late Antiquity at the University of Bamberg and principal investigator of two ERC projects (Acts of the Ecumenical Councils and AntCoCo:...
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Roman Law Exile and Legal Tradition w/ Prof. Kaius Tuori
Emilia talks with with Prof. Kaius Tuori about how Roman law served as a unifying force in post-war Europe. Prof. Tuori traces Roman law's role back to German legal scholars exiled in Britain during the Nazi regime. After the war, Roman law's legacy of shared legal principles offered a foundation...
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Ancient Maritime Loan Contracts w/ Prof. Peter Candy
In this episode, we talk to Dr. Peter Candy, Assistant Professor of Civil Law and Fellow of St. Catherine’s College at the University of Cambridge, about his book Ancient Maritime Loan Contracts (University of Michigan Press), which examines the commercial financing of the maritime trade in…
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Commercial Law and Lex Mercatoria w/ Prof. Stefania Gialdroni
In this episode, Emilia sits down with Professor Gialdroni to discuss medieval commercial law and the lex mercatoria. They also discuss Professor Gialdroni's latest project on the topic, including her innovative use of language.
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Juridical Papyrology w/ Profs. Jose Luis Alonso, Jakub Urbanik and Jose Domingo Rodriguez Martín
A deep dive into the study of papyrological legal history--a field both old and new. Enjoy!
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Comparing Ancient Law w/ Profs. Caroline Humfress & Patrick Olivelle
Professors Caroline Humfress and Patrick Olivelle join the podcast to discuss their new project, "The Cambridge Comparative History of Ancient Law."
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Renewing Roman Law with Prof. Clifford Ando
A discussion with Professor Ando about non-Justinianic legal sources in ancient Rome.
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The Making of Local Legal Cultures under Rome with Prof. Yair Furstenberg
In this episode, we explore the project “The Making of Local Legal Cultures under Rome,” featuring an interview with Professor's Yair Furstenberg, from the Hebrew university in Jerusalem. The project examines how communities in the Greek East negotiated their legal identities amid Roman imperial...
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Bracton with Prof. Thomas J. McSweeney
In this episode, I interview Prof. McSweeney about his book, Priests of the Law.
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French Medieval Law with Prof. Ada Kuskowski
Part of a two-part series on French legal history.
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Classical & Administrative Law with Prof. Adrian Vermeule
We talk about the classical basis for the administrative state generally and the U.S. administrative state specifically.The Many and the Few: On the American Lex Regia by Vermeule:https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4321671Marbury and the Administrative State by Monaghan:...
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The Formation of the Common Law with Prof. John Hudson
The Formation of the Common Law with Professor John G.H. Hudson of St. Andrew's, Scotland
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Roman Constitutionalism Pt. 1 - The Republic with Prof. Mortimer Sellers
Professor Sellers and I dive into the Roman republican system with some comparisons to the American Republic and other modern legal systems. This is the first in a two-part series on Roman constitutionalism.
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Roman Contract Law with Prof. Bruce Frier
We discuss the specifics of Roman contract law. We also discuss how the Roman Jurists influenced Roman contract law.
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Medieval Law, Canon Law, and Roman Law in Europe with Prof. Anders Winroth
An overview of the reemergence of Roman law in Europe, medieval law, canon law, Gratian, and much more...
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Litigation in the Roman Republic with Prof. Paul du Plessis
An overview of the Republican system of litigation. Bruce Frier's "The Rise of the Roman Jurists": https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691639567/the-rise-of-the-roman-jurists Thomas & McGinn's "Ancient Law, Ancient Society":...