IMC 2006: Sessions
Session 1512: Politics and Law in Vincent of Beauvais
Wednesday 12 July 2006, 16.30-18.00
Sponsor: | Università degli Studi di Verona |
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Organiser: | Giovanni Rossi, Dipartimento di Studi Giuridici, Università degli studi di Verona |
Moderator/Chair: | Jorge Fernandez-Lopez, Facultad de Letras y de la Educación, Universidad de la Rioja |
Paper 1512-a | Theories on Governance in Vincent of Beauvais' Speculum Doctrinale (Language: English) Index terms: Law, Learning (The Classical Inheritance), Political Thought |
Paper 1512-b | 'Trinus actus trium personarum': Procedural Law in Vincent of Beauvais' Speculum Doctrinale (Language: English) Index terms: Law, Learning (The Classical Inheritance), Political Thought |
Paper 1512-c | The Criminal Law in Vincent of Beauvais' Speculum Maius (Language: English) Index terms: Law, Learning (The Classical Inheritance), Political Thought |
Abstract | Vincent of Beauvais devotes a wide section of his Speculum Doctrinale to deal with politica (in the Aristotelian sense of science of governing the civitas). Within such a frame, he also pays attention to law, for laws are the tool needed to govern the res publica. Beauvais' treatment fills books seven to ten; it includes the main legal concepts, a detailed exposition of the process, and a lengthy review of crimes against God and men. The analysis of these sections of the Speculum sheds light on the influence of Roman law and Bolognese scientia iuris on Beauvais' encyclopaedic compilation. |