[Parution] Dante Fedele, The Medieval Foundations of International Law. Baldus de Ubaldis (1327-1400), Leyde, Brill-Nijhoff, 2021, 697 p.

Dante Fedele’s new work of reference reveals the medieval foundations of international law through a comprehensive study of a key figure of late medieval legal scholarship: Baldus de Ubaldis (1327-1400). A student of Bartolus de Sassoferrato, Baldus wrote both extensive commentaries on Roman, canon and feudal law and thousands of consilia originating from particular cases. His writings dealt with numerous issues related to sovereignty, territorial jurisdiction, diplomacy and war, combining a rich conspectus of earlier scholarship with highly creative ideas that exercised a profound influence on later juristic thought.

Lire la suite sur le carnet Doc-Ciham.