Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
References for this paper are not available at this time. We will be adding them shortly, thank you for your patience.
On April 17th, 2015, Nicolaas van der Wal peacefully died, just short of celebrating his 90th birthday. For the ‘Groningen School of Legal Byzantinists’ his death means the loss of the last of its founding fathers 1 . Nico (as he was called for short) van der Wal’s career was to a certain extent the result of chance. Blessed with an excellent set of brains, he could in principle have chosen from a variety of possibilities. That he became a lawyer was just one of these quirks of fate. Not coming from a wealthy background, going to university meant that he was dependent on obtaining a scholarship. There was no doubt of his intellectual ability: he had passed the exams of ‘Gymnasium-β’ in his native city of Leeuwarden with flying colours, and was awarded a scholarship that enabled him to study in Groningen. His first choice was chemistry, but when that proved to be not of his liking, he had to choose a curriculum that could be completed within the remaining years of that scholarship. The best option therefore seemed to be law. Among the students of his year he did not stand out by his enthusiasm or
The Legal History Review / Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis / Revue d'Histoire du Droit – Brill
Published: Dec 10, 2015
Read and print from thousands of top scholarly journals.
Already have an account? Log in
Bookmark this article. You can see your Bookmarks on your DeepDyve Library.
To save an article, log in first, or sign up for a DeepDyve account if you don’t already have one.
Copy and paste the desired citation format or use the link below to download a file formatted for EndNote
Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
All DeepDyve websites use cookies to improve your online experience. They were placed on your computer when you launched this website. You can change your cookie settings through your browser.