XIII The Literature on Public Law in Germanic Custom

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
3. CONTENTS xi
4. INTRODUCTION xiii
5. ESSAYS
6. I The Crime of Majesty in Roman Public Law* 3
7. II The Idea of Majesty in Roman Political Thought 49
8. III The Idea of Fidelity in Germanic Customary Law 73
9. IV Crimen Laesae Maiestatis in the Lex Romana Wisigothorum 108
10. V Contractual Allegiance vs. Deferential Allegiance in Visigothic Law 123
11. VI The Public Law of the Visigothic Code 136
12. VII Blasphemy in the Lex Romana Curiensis 165
13. VIII Treason and Related Offenses in the Anglo-Saxon Dooms 181
14. IX The Public Law of the Ripuarian, Alamannic, and Bavarian Codes 196
15. X Notes on Public Law: Ostrogothic, Burgundian, Lombard, North German 227
16. XI Review of Ernst Levy, West Roman Vulgar Law: The Law of Property 252
17. XII The Literature on Treason in Roman Public Law 260
18. XIII The Literature on Public Law in Germanic Custom 269
19. INDEX 285