Thinking Like a Lawyer: The Case for Roman Law

Paul du Plessis

doi:10.18778/0208-6069.99.12

Authors

Paul du Plessis University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh School of Law https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2272-6905

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/0208-6069.99.12

Keywords:

Roman law, legal doctrine, American legal realism, law and society, socio-legal studies

Abstract

The aim of this piece is to present an overview of certain recent trends which have emerged in the study and teaching of Roman law. These trends are identified and placed within the larger context of the role and function of the teaching of Roman law in Law Schools during the twentieth century. In addition, it is argued in this piece that trends regarding the study of Roman legal sources which have emerged in the context of U.S. Law Schools have the potential to enrich the discipline and to permit new questions to be asked about Roman law.

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