englischThe author seeks a new approach to the contract of deposit in Roman law from the perspective of duties. This results in new approaches to the interpretation of the contradictory sources on the duties and liability of the depositary as well as to the resolution of conflicts of duties. Using [...]

englischJoachim Kummer examines how the territorial integrity in criminal and state law evolved during 19th-century Germany. The work focuses on the constitutional ban against the cession or partition of land by the monarch as well as the criminal acts of territorial treason and territorial high [...]

englischRoads, bridges, aqueducts and canals are amongst the physical infrastructures that allowed Roman dominance over the Empire, while meeting economic, social and strategic needs. Due to their structural role in the management and control of a territory, they must be examined in view of the [...]

englischThe author examines the use of land, a legal subject of existential significance in the Roman Empire as well as today. In an interdisciplinary approach, the author raises three central questions relating to Roman law: What were the most relevant legal forms of land use, and how were they [...]

englischThese conference proceedings include a comparative analysis and study on water in the Iberian Peninsula, and deliberately pursue an interdisciplinary approach. From their perspective, authors from various disciplines (history, anthropology, archaeology, law and geography) examine the Iberian [...]

englischThe first centuries on the Iberian Peninsula are marked by cultural diversity, which also encapsulates legal regulations. During the periods of Roman rule (218 BC to 476 AD), the Visigothic kingdom (Toledo 554-711) and the Islamic invasion, there were regulations on the distribution and [...]

englischIt is about the relationship between puplic streets and private roads that are both called via. Differences and commonalities are being analyized from a evolutionary and juristic-docmatical perspective. Starting point is the opening up areas, the specifiactions of the community for it and [...]

Die ersten Jahrhunderte auf der iberischen Halbinsel sind gekennzeichnet von einer kulturellen Vielfalt, die auch rechtliche Regelungen anbetrifft. Beginnend mit der Römischen Herrschaft (218 v. Chr. bis 476 nach Chr.), gefolgt von dem Westgotenreich (Toledo 554-711) und der islamischen Invasion [...]

englischThe author analyses at the beginning of this monograph the history of the Real Audiencia in Mexico as the highest tribunal of the Spanish crown since the Spanish colonisation starting in 1517. Both political and legal difficulties encountered by the Spanish crown in the aftermath of the [...]

Als der bedeutendste Jurist in der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts hat Rudolf von Jhering (1818-1892) die Rechtsdogmatik und die Rechtswissenschaft seiner Zeit wesentlich geprägt. In dieser Arbeit verdeutlicht der Autor den Zusammenhang zwischen dem Rechtsdenken Jherings und seinen dogmatischen [...]