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The Jurisprudence of Humanism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 July 2016

Myron P. Gilmore
Myron P. Gilmore*
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Harvard Univeristy
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During the last decade the works of Professor Guido Kisch have made an outstanding contribution to our knowledge of the legal thought of the sixteenth century, particularly to the school represented by the University of Basel. His articles and monographs have dealt with the biographical and literary history of significant scholars as well as with the rival schools of interpretation represented by ‘mos italicus' and ‘mos gallicus.' Building on these earlier studies, Professor Kisch has now produced a major work of more comprehensive scope, which goes beyond biographical and methodological questions to the analysis of significant change in substantive legal doctrines. Convinced that the age of humanism and the reception of Roman law saw the formation of some of the most important modern legal concepts, he centers his research on the evolution of the theory of equity with due attention, on the one hand, to the relationship between sixteenth-century innovation and the historic western tradition and, on the other, to the interaction between the academic profession and the practicing lawyers.

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Traditio , Volume 17 , 1961 , pp. 493 - 501
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1 Kisch, Guido, Johannes Sichardus als Basler Rechtshistoriker (Basler Studien zur Rechtswissenschaft 34; Basel, 1952); Humanismus und Jurisprudenz: Der Kampf zwischen mos italicus und mos gallicus an der Universität Basel (Basler Studien … 42; 1955); ‘Summum ius summa iniuria: Basler Humanisten und Juristen über Aequitas und ’Επιείκεια, Aequitas und Bona Fides,’ Festgabe für August Simonius (Basel 1955) 195–211; ‘Forschungen zur Geschichte des Humanismus in Basel: Eine bibliographische Einführung und Übersicht mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Rechtsgeschichte,’ Archiv für Kulturgeschichte 40 (1958) 194–221; Bartolus und Basel (Basler Studien … 54; 1960); ‘Bonifacius Amerbach als Rechtsgutachter,’ Festgabe für Max Gerwig (Basler Studien … 55; 1960) 85–120.Google Scholar

2 Kisch, Guido, Erasmus und die Jurisprudenz seiner Zeit: Studien zum humanistischen Rechtsdenken (Basler Studien … 56; 1960).Google Scholar

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11 Among the more recent works which present contrasting views Kisch mentions: Lindeboom, J., ‘Erasmus’ Bedeutung für die Entwicklung des geistigen Lebens in den Niederlanden,’ Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte 43 (1952) 1–12; Bornkamm, Heinrich, ‘Erasmus und Luther,’ Luther Jahrbuch 25 (1958) 3–22; Weisinger, Herbert, ‘The Attack on Renaissance in Theology Today,’ Studies in the Renaissance 2 (1955) 176–189; Siro Attilio Nulli, Erasmo e il Rinascimento (Turin 1955); Louis Bouyer, Autour d'Erasme: Études sur le Christianisme des humanistes catholiques (Paris 1955).Google Scholar

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20 The following papers were presented: Erik Wolf, ‘Ulrich Zasius,’ Pierre Mesnard, ‘Zasius et la Réforme,’ Guido Kisch, ‘Zasius’ Lehre von Recht und Billigkeit,’ Roberto Abbondanza, ‘Zasius und Alciat,’ Michel Reulos, ‘Zasius und die französische Jurisprudenz,’ Hans Thieme, ‘Ulrich Zasius und das Freiburger Stadtrecht.’ (Program of the Zasius Tagung, 25–27 May 1961.)Google Scholar

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