urists, Clerics, and Merchants: The Rise of Learned Law in Medieval Europe and its Impact on Economic Growth
Between the years 1200 and 1600 economic development in Catholic Europe gained momentum. By the end of this period per capita income levels were well above the income levels in all other regions of the world. We relate this unique development to the resurrection of Roman law, the rise of Canon law a...
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Derecho Canónico
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Canon Law
Middle Ages
Economic Growth
Rationalism
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urists, Clerics, and Merchants: The Rise of Learned Law in Medieval Europe and its Impact on Economic Growth |
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Juristas, clérigos y mercaderes. El ascenso del derecho escolástico en la Europa medieval y su impacto en el crecimiento económico |
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urists, Clerics, and Merchants: The Rise of Learned Law in Medieval Europe and its Impact on Economic Growth |
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urists, Clerics, and Merchants: The Rise of Learned Law in Medieval Europe and its Impact on Economic Growth Schäfer , Hans–Bernd Derecho Romano Derecho Canónico Edad Media Crecimiento económico Racionalismo Universidad Jurista Europa Roman Law Canon Law Middle Ages Economic Growth Rationalism University Jurist Europe |
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urists, Clerics, and Merchants: The Rise of Learned Law in Medieval Europe and its Impact on Economic Growth |
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urists, Clerics, and Merchants: The Rise of Learned Law in Medieval Europe and its Impact on Economic Growth |
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urists, Clerics, and Merchants: The Rise of Learned Law in Medieval Europe and its Impact on Economic Growth |
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urists, Clerics, and Merchants: The Rise of Learned Law in Medieval Europe and its Impact on Economic Growth |
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urists, Clerics, and Merchants: The Rise of Learned Law in Medieval Europe and its Impact on Economic Growth |
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Schäfer , Hans–Bernd Wulf, Alexander J. |
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Schäfer , Hans–Bernd |
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Schäfer , Hans–Bernd Wulf, Alexander J. |
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Wulf, Alexander J. |
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Derecho Romano Derecho Canónico Edad Media Crecimiento económico Racionalismo Universidad Jurista Europa |
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Derecho Romano Derecho Canónico Edad Media Crecimiento económico Racionalismo Universidad Jurista Europa Roman Law Canon Law Middle Ages Economic Growth Rationalism University Jurist Europe |
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Roman Law Canon Law Middle Ages Economic Growth Rationalism University Jurist Europe |
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Between the years 1200 and 1600 economic development in Catholic Europe gained momentum. By the end of this period per capita income levels were well above the income levels in all other regions of the world. We relate this unique development to the resurrection of Roman law, the rise of Canon law and the establishment of law as a scholarly and scientific discipline taught in universities. We test two competing hypotheses on the impact of these processes on economic growth in medieval Europe. The first conjecture is that the spread of substantive Roman law was conducive to the rise of commerce and economic growth. The second and competing conjecture is that growth occurred not as a result of the reception of substantive Roman law but rather because of the rational, scientific and systemic features of Roman and Canon law and the training of jurists in the newly established universities (Verwissenschaftligung). This gave the law throughout Europe an innovative flexibility, which also influenced merchant law (lex mercatoria), and customary law. Using data on the population of more than 200 European cities as a proxy for per capita income we find that an important impact for economic development was not primarily the content of Roman law, but the rise of law faculties in universities and the emergence of a legal method developed by glossators and commentators in their interpretation and systematization of the sources of Roman law (Corpus Juris Civilis, Digests) and Canon law. The endeavor to extract general normative conclusions from these sources led to abstraction, methodology, and the rise of law as a scholarly discipline. Wherever law faculties were founded anywhere in Europe jurists learned new legal concepts and skills which were unknown before and conducive for doing business. |
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Schäfer , Hans–BerndWulf, Alexander J.2023-03-222023-10-11T03:54:32Z2023-10-11T03:54:32Zhttps://revistas.javerianacali.edu.co/index.php/criteriojuridico/article/view/736https://vitela.javerianacali.edu.co/handle/11522/61Between the years 1200 and 1600 economic development in Catholic Europe gained momentum. By the end of this period per capita income levels were well above the income levels in all other regions of the world. We relate this unique development to the resurrection of Roman law, the rise of Canon law and the establishment of law as a scholarly and scientific discipline taught in universities. We test two competing hypotheses on the impact of these processes on economic growth in medieval Europe. The first conjecture is that the spread of substantive Roman law was conducive to the rise of commerce and economic growth. The second and competing conjecture is that growth occurred not as a result of the reception of substantive Roman law but rather because of the rational, scientific and systemic features of Roman and Canon law and the training of jurists in the newly established universities (Verwissenschaftligung). This gave the law throughout Europe an innovative flexibility, which also influenced merchant law (lex mercatoria), and customary law. Using data on the population of more than 200 European cities as a proxy for per capita income we find that an important impact for economic development was not primarily the content of Roman law, but the rise of law faculties in universities and the emergence of a legal method developed by glossators and commentators in their interpretation and systematization of the sources of Roman law (Corpus Juris Civilis, Digests) and Canon law. The endeavor to extract general normative conclusions from these sources led to abstraction, methodology, and the rise of law as a scholarly discipline. Wherever law faculties were founded anywhere in Europe jurists learned new legal concepts and skills which were unknown before and conducive for doing business.Entre los años 1200 y 1600, el desarrollo económico en la Europa católica experimentó un notable impulso. Al final de este periodo los niveles de ingreso per cápita se encontraban muy por encima de aquellos correspondientes a otras regiones del mundo. Nosotros relacionamos este único desarrollo con el resucitar del Derecho Romano, el ascenso del Derecho Canónico y el establecimiento del Derecho como una disciplina escolástica y científica enseñada en las universidades. En esta ocasión, ponemos a prueba dos hipótesis concurrentes respecto del impacto que estos procesos han tenido sobre el crecimiento económico en Europa medieval. La primera de nuestras conjeturas es que la propagación del Derecho Romano condujo al aumento del comercio y del crecimiento económico. La segunda conjetura concurrente es que éste no se dio como resultado de la recepción del Derecho Romano, sino como consecuencia de ser éste un Derecho, junto con el Canónico, de naturaleza racional, científica y sistemática; y también como resultado del entrenamiento en estas disciplinas de los juristas en las universidades que se habían establecido recientemente (Verwissenschaftligung). Conjuntamente esto dio al Derecho una flexibilidad innovadora a través de Europa, en la que también influyeron el Derecho Mercante (lex mercatoria), y el Derecho Consuetudinario. Al utilizar datos sobre la población en más de 200 ciudades europeas como proxy del ingreso per cápita, podemos observar que un impacto importante sobre el desarrollo económico no fue el contenido del Derecho Romano como tal, sino el surgimiento de facultades de Derecho en las universidades y la aparición de un método jurídico desarrollado por glosadores y comentaristas con sus respectivas interpretaciones y la sistematización de las fuentes del Derecho Romano (compuesto, entre otros, por el Corpus Juris Civilis y el Digesto); y del Derecho Canónico. El esfuerzo para obtener conclusiones normativas generales de estas fuentes de Derecho, tuvo como resultado una abstracción, una metodología y el surgimiento del Derecho como una disciplina académica. Cuando alguna facultad de Derecho era fundada en cualquier lugar de Europa, los juristas aprendían tanto conceptos jurídicos nuevos, como habilidades que antes habían permanecido desconocidas y que ahora se consideran propicias para la actividad comercial.application/pdfspaPontificia Universidad Javeriana Calihttps://revistas.javerianacali.edu.co/index.php/criteriojuridico/article/view/736/620https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0Criterio Jurídico; Vol. 15 Núm. 1 (2015): Criterio Jurídico; 105-1671657-3978Derecho RomanoDerecho CanónicoEdad MediaCrecimiento económicoRacionalismoUniversidadJuristaEuropaRoman LawCanon LawMiddle AgesEconomic GrowthRationalismUniversityJuristEuropeurists, Clerics, and Merchants: The Rise of Learned Law in Medieval Europe and its Impact on Economic GrowthJuristas, clérigos y mercaderes. El ascenso del derecho escolástico en la Europa medieval y su impacto en el crecimiento económicoinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion11522/61oai:vitela.javerianacali.edu.co:11522/612024-06-25 05:12:37.474metadata.onlyhttps://vitela.javerianacali.edu.coRepositorio Vitelavitela.mail@javerianacali.edu.co |