Legal Experts and the Late Roman Courts
Legal Experts and the Late Roman Courts
This chapter begins with a discussion of iurisperitus and legal science. According to the mid-2nd century jurist Pomponius, the origins of juristic science lay in the disputes of the Forum, in the necessary interpretations of (statute) law given orally, on request, by those who were iuris prudentes. Hence the iurisprudens or iurisperitus was also known as the iurisconsultus. Post-classical iurisperiti and private clients, legal education in the late Empire, and whether the advice of post-classical iurisperiti contributed to the creative elaboration of Roman law are discussed.
Keywords: iurisperitus, iurisprudens, iurisconsultus, law, late Roman Empire, Pomponius, Forum
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