A TREATISE OF LEGAL PHILOSOPHY AND GENERAL JURISPRUDENCE Editor-in-Chief: Enrico Pattaro Vo l u m e 8 A History of the Philosophy of Law in The Common Law World, 1600–1900 Michael Lobban A Treatise of Legal Philosophy and General Jurisprudence Volume 7 The Jurists Philosophy of Law from Rome to the Seventeenth Century ’ A Treatise of Legal Philosophy and General Jurisprudence Editor-in-Chief Enrico Pattaro, CIRSFID and Law Faculty, University of Bologna, Italy Advisory Board Norberto Bobbio † Ronald M. Dworkin Lawrence M. Friedman, Stanford Law School, Stanford University, USA Knud Haakonssen, Department of History, University of Sussex, UK Associate Editors Gerald J. Postema, Department of Philosophy, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Peter G. Stein, Assistant Editor Antonino Rotolo, CIRSFID and Law Faculty, University of Bologna, Italy † Emeritus Regius Professor of Civil Law, University of Cambridge, UK A Treatise of Legal Philosophy and General Jurisprudence Volume 7 The Jurists Philosophy of Law from Rome to the Seventeenth Century ’ CIRSFID and Law Faculty, University of Bologna, Italy edited by Andrea Padovani and Peter G. Stein with contributions by Andrea Errera, Andrea Padovani, Kenneth Pennington, and Peter G. Stein Emeritus Regius Professor of Civil Law, University of Cambridge, UK Editors ISBN 978-94-017-9878-5 ISBN 978-94-017-9880-8 ( e B o o k ) DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-9880-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2005283610 Springer Dordrecht Heidel berg New York London © Springer Science+Busine ss Media Dordrecht 2007 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reus e of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any ot her physical way, and tran smission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, servic e marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assu me that the advice and info rmation in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or impl ied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer Science+Business Media B. V. Dordrecht is part of Spring er Science+Business Media ( w w w . s p r i n g e r . c o m ) Andrea Padovani University of Bologna CIRSFID, Bologna, Italy Peter G. Stein G r e a t E v e r s d e n C a m b r