The politics of law in late medieval and Renaissance Italy : essays in honour of Lauro Martines /
edited by Lawrin Armstrong and Julius Kirshner.
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, (c)2011.
- 1 online resource (x, 229 pages)
- Toronto studies in medieval law .
Includes bibliographies and index.
The Composition of Lawyers and Statecraft / A Critical Appreciation of Lauro Martines's Lawyers and Statecraft in Renaissance Florence / Consilium sapientum: Lawmen and the Italian Popular Communes / From Rule of Law to Emergency Rule in Renaissance Florence / Paolo di Castro as Consultant: Applying and Interpreting Florence's Statutes / An 'Oracle of the Law': Tommaso Salvetti and His Adnotationes ad statuta florentina / Lawyers and Housecraft in Renaissance Florence: The Politics of Private Consilia / Baldus de Ubaldis on Conspiracy and Laesa Maiestas in Late Trecento Florence / Laesa Maiestas in Renaissance Lucca / Lauro Martines -- Julius Kirshner -- Sara Menzinger -- Moritz Isenmann -- Susanne Lepsius -- Lorenzo Tanzini -- Thomas Kuehn -- Robert Fredona -- Osvaldo Cavallar
"The Politics of Law in Late Medieval and Renaissance Italy features original contributions by international scholars on the fortieth anniversary of the publication of Lauro Martines' Lawyers and Statecraft in Renaissance Florence, which is recognized as a groundbreaking study challenging traditional approaches to both Florentine and legal history. Essays by leading historians examine the professional, social, and political functions of Italian jurists from the thirteenth to the late fifteenth centuries. The volume also examines the use of emergency powers, the critical role played by jurists in mediating the rule of law, and the adjudication of political crimes. The Politics of Law in Late Medieval and Renaissance Italy provides both an assessment of Martines' pioneering archival scholarship as well as fresh insights into the interplay of law and politics in late medieval and Renaissance Italy."--pub. desc.