The Jurisprudence of the Medieval Lawyers (11th to 14th Centuries)
Under this body of jurisprudence, we primarily focus on analyzing and contextualizing early signs of an idea of an inner self in legal narratives. The first body of jurisprudence has particular importance as it lays the groundwork for the research on other bodies. It also highlights the transhistorical methodology of the project. In particular, Roman private law and its medieval re-interpretation inform us about subtle signs of legal implications of an inner self. The work in this body is being co-led by Patrick and Talya.
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The Civil Law and the Inner Self: Roman Iniuria and the Transformation of the Private
Talya has authored a full-length paper on the Roman concept of iniuria (damage to personality) in which she traces the emergence of a legal design for the protection of the inner realm. In this paper, she focuses in particular on the initial development of personality protection in the civilian tradition with an emphasis on defamation laws. This paper is currently under review at an international journal. We will provide a link to it here once it is published