The Treatise on Laws (Decretum DD. 1-20) with the Ordinary Gloss - Medieval Canon Law Book | Studies in Medieval & Early Modern Canon Law | Perfect for Legal History Research & Academic Studies

Gratian's contribution to jurisprudence cannot be underestimated. This selection of Gratian's work, translated into English, shows how Roman and canon law merged in the 12th century to create an even more vibrant and comprehensive view of the law and its function in human society. In fact, this may be the only extant English translation of Gratian's treatise on laws.This particular book is useful because it presents Gratian in much the same way that canonists and legal scholars would have read him from the High Middle Ages onward- surrounded by the standard gloss running around the sides of the main text. This form of commentary has since fallen out of fashion, but if you buy this book you will see why it was such a valuable way to carry on and develop the ideas in the main text.An invaluable addition to any lawyer's, judge's, canonist's, or philosopher's library.