History of Law – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Mon, 22 Sep 2025 23:18:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg History of Law – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 A Brief History of Law since the Ancient World https://brewminate.com/a-brief-history-of-law-since-the-ancient-world/ Thu, 01 Oct 2020 19:06:05 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=136296 Looking at legal institutions as complex systems of rules, players and symbols interacting with society. Introduction Legal history

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Ancient Roman Law and Rhetoric https://brewminate.com/ancient-roman-law-and-rhetoric/ Fri, 03 Apr 2020 18:41:56 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=121414 What was the role of rhetoric in all of their different courts and procedures? By O.E. Tellegen Introduction

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A Brief History of the Development of the Common Law in Medieval England https://brewminate.com/a-brief-history-of-the-development-of-the-common-law-in-medieval-england/ Tue, 28 Jan 2020 19:15:36 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=115917 Prior to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, there was no unitary, national legal system. Before 1066

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Lex Naturalis: A History of ‘Natural Law’ Philosophy https://brewminate.com/lex-naturalis-a-history-of-natural-law-philosophy/ Sun, 03 Nov 2019 18:36:38 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=98821 Natural law theory attempts to define a “higher law” on the foundation of a universal understanding of “good”

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“Woe Unto Those Who Know Not How to Syllabificate”: The Languages of Medieval Law https://brewminate.com/woe-unto-those-who-know-not-how-to-syllabificate-the-languages-of-medieval-law/ Tue, 22 Jan 2019 18:39:36 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=83971 Lawyers spoke their own language, even in the Middle Ages. When John of Salisbury (ca. 1115-1180) decried the

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Roman Law, from the Twelve Tables to the Corpus Iuris Civilis https://brewminate.com/roman-law-from-the-twelve-tables-to-the-corpus-iuris-civilis-2/ Sat, 06 Oct 2018 17:32:17 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=72296 The historical importance of Roman law is reflected by the continued use of Latin legal terminology in many

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Property Rights and Law Among the Ancient Greeks https://brewminate.com/property-rights-and-law-among-the-ancient-greeks/ Sun, 06 Nov 2016 23:40:46 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=14077 By Gregory Rehmke Director of Educational Programs Free Enterprise Institute of Houston Greek art, architecture, literature, philosophy, and

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