Wallinga, Tammo: The Casus Codicis of Wilhelmus de Cabriano2004. XCIV, 802 Seiten. Ln 99,00 €
These Casus Codicis take us back to the days of the Quattuor Doctores in the middle of the 12th century. They are probably based on the lectures of Wilhelmus' master Bulgarus on Justinian's Codex, and thus form the oldest example of a lectura that has come down to us. They offer us an insight into the opinions held in Bulgarus' school, and into its way of reasoning, with far more detail than the "Dissensiones Dominorum", giving full commentaries and arguments rather than abbreviated ones and unmotivated opinions. They show which texts of the Codex were treated during the lectures, thus giving an impression of what Bulgarus found most important or interesting for his students. And finally, they reflect the state of development of the methods of Bulgarus' school and the extent of understanding of the contents of the Corpus Iuris Civilis that it had achieved at the time. This modern critical edition of the Casus Codicis allows direct and easy access to a major source for an important period in the development of the European legal tradition.
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