The ‘societas leonina’ in the Views of Dutch and German Jurisprudence in the Age of Humanism ; ‘SOCIETAS LEONINA’ W POGLĄDACH NIDERLANDZKIEJ I NIEMIECKIEJ JURYSPRUDENCJI OKRESU HUMANIZMU

The 16th and 17th centuries marked the age of humanism in Roman law. The lawyers of the age were referred as the School of elegant jurisprudence. In the Low Countries its chief representatives were Vinnius (Arnold Vinnius), Hubertus Giphanius, Matthäus Wesenbeck (Wesenbecius), Johannes Voet, Ulrik (Ulricus) Huber, and Gerard Noodt; and Johann Ortwin Westenberg, Oswald Hilliger, and Georg Frantzke in Germany. This article provides an overview of their statements on partnerships of the societas leonina type, showing that, just as in Roman law, they considered such contracts invalid. Ulrik Huber,... Mehr ...