Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- ROMAN LAW
- ROMAN LAW AND SCOTS LAW
- 8 Roman and Scots Law – the Conditiones si sine Liberis Decesserit
- 9 Tge Interpretation of C 8.55.8
- 10 Cinus and Pierre de Belleperche
- 11 Roman Law in a Nineteenth-century Scottish Case: Gowans v Christie
- 12 Servitudes. Scots Law and Roman Law
- 13 Roman Quasi-delicts and Scots Law
- 14 Risk in Sale – From Roman to Scots Law
- SCOTTISH LEGAL HISTORY
- ROMAN LAW INFLUENCE
- GENERAL INTEREST
- Table of Cases
- Table of Statutes
- Index
10 - Cinus and Pierre de Belleperche
from ROMAN LAW AND SCOTS LAW
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- ROMAN LAW
- ROMAN LAW AND SCOTS LAW
- 8 Roman and Scots Law – the Conditiones si sine Liberis Decesserit
- 9 Tge Interpretation of C 8.55.8
- 10 Cinus and Pierre de Belleperche
- 11 Roman Law in a Nineteenth-century Scottish Case: Gowans v Christie
- 12 Servitudes. Scots Law and Roman Law
- 13 Roman Quasi-delicts and Scots Law
- 14 Risk in Sale – From Roman to Scots Law
- SCOTTISH LEGAL HISTORY
- ROMAN LAW INFLUENCE
- GENERAL INTEREST
- Table of Cases
- Table of Statutes
- Index
Summary
The fact that Cinus made much use of the work of Pierre de Belleperche is well known. In the beginning of his commentary on the Code he tells us:
Quia omnia nova placent potissime quae sunt utilitate decora bellissime visum est mihi Cyno Pistoriensi, propter novitates modernorum Doctorum super Codice breviter utilia scribere multis superfluis resecatis;
and, although Savigny exaggerates somewhat in identifying the “moderni Doctores” with Pierre de Belleperche and Jacques de Révigny, it is clear that Cinus cited them more frequently than others and hence himself acknowledged a considerable debt to the former. What is not so clear is the extent of the debt. On this conflicting views have been expressed and it is the aim of this article to make some contribution to the discussion through a detailed examination of Cinus's commentary on one title of the Code, namely, 3.33 - de usufructu et habitatione et ministerio servorum. While no definitive results can be claimed on the basis of the examination of one title the examination provides a starting point for the further detailed researches which are required.
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- Roman Law, Scots Law and Legal HistorySelected Essays, pp. 112 - 125Publisher: Edinburgh University PressPrint publication year: 2007