The Relevance of Roman Law: A Look at its Roles and Ideologies

The paper examines legal historians’ discourses concerning the interpretation of Roman legal sources. It does so by analysing two examples of scholarly debates: one on the use of Roman law as an atemporal legal doctrine, and one in which Roman law appears as a historical manifestation of natural law...

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Main Author:	Miklós Könczöl
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Centro de Estudos Sociais da Universidade de Coimbra 2017-05-01
Series:	Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais
Subjects:	identity ideology legal profession natural law Roman law
Online Access:	http://journals.openedition.org/rccs/6597

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spelling	doaj-5f0ad8906031461fba4296c806be94f12020-11-24T20:44:49ZengCentro de Estudos Sociais da Universidade de CoimbraRevista Crítica de Ciências Sociais0254-11062182-74352017-05-011129911410.4000/rccs.6597The Relevance of Roman Law: A Look at its Roles and IdeologiesMiklós KönczölThe paper examines legal historians’ discourses concerning the interpretation of Roman legal sources. It does so by analysing two examples of scholarly debates: one on the use of Roman law as an atemporal legal doctrine, and one in which Roman law appears as a historical manifestation of natural law. The focus is on the different uses of the concept of ‘ideology’ and the possible roles of Roman law in legal education. It is argued that the concept of identity can meaningfully contribute to our understanding of these debates as well as to the study of Roman law in general.http://journals.openedition.org/rccs/6597identityideologylegal professionnatural lawRoman law
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title	The Relevance of Roman Law: A Look at its Roles and Ideologies
title_short	The Relevance of Roman Law: A Look at its Roles and Ideologies
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series	Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais
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description	The paper examines legal historians’ discourses concerning the interpretation of Roman legal sources. It does so by analysing two examples of scholarly debates: one on the use of Roman law as an atemporal legal doctrine, and one in which Roman law appears as a historical manifestation of natural law. The focus is on the different uses of the concept of ‘ideology’ and the possible roles of Roman law in legal education. It is argued that the concept of identity can meaningfully contribute to our understanding of these debates as well as to the study of Roman law in general.
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The Relevance of Roman Law: A Look at its Roles and Ideologies

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