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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Larva Legis Aquiliae: The Mask of the Aquilia Torn off the Action for Damage Done by Edited by Margaret Hewett Edited by Reinhard Zimmermann
Christian Thomasius was the founding father of the German enlightenment and as such initiated a second German reformation. He was a philosopher educator and journalist but above all he was a lawyer. He was extraordinarily successful as an academic teacher and was also a prolific writer. Perhaps best known today for his campaign against witch-hunting he was in his day equally renowned for his study of Roman law of which the Larva Legis is a single but remarkable example. The text reprinted and translated in this book is notable for three reasons. First because of the eminence and influence of its author; second because of the way in which it illustrates the development of the civilian tradition and its critical assessment by lawyers; and third because it is a key text within the history of one of the main branches of the European law of obligations. As such it contributed to the establishment of a modern and critical approach towards the law of delict in Europe.show more