Tracing the history of private law, this study begins in the Middle Ages, describing how the Glossators applied methodical criticism and exegesis to the digest ... » 

Tracing the history of private law, this study begins in the Middle Ages, describing how the Glossators applied methodical criticism and exegesis to the digest of Justinian, thus creating European jurisprudence. European legal thought from medieval times to the present day is scrutinized. «