Created @September 29, 2022 3:39 PM
Class
Type
Materials
Reviewed
Common Law
AKA Roman-Dutch Law
Roman and dutch law combined in Holland to form Roman-Dutch Law
Brought to SA when the Dutch came to the Cape
European Contribution To Legal
Development: The Netherlands and England
Roman Law
Roman law received into European legal systems
Italian Scholars at Uni of Bologna (glossators) prescribe Corpus Iuris Civilis.
Explained text of CIC, did not develop the law further
Commentator role: Used glossator work to inteprest CIC. Did take into account legal
developments. attempted to modernise modern law
English Law
not all countries welcomed use of Roman law
english law developed independently from Roman Law
South Africa Common Law 1