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- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Copyright
- Copyright © The Journal of the History of Ideas, Inc.
- ISSN
- 1086-3222
Abstract
<p>Abstract:</p><p>For his conception of the <i>ius gentium</i>, Aquinas took as his starting point the canon law doctrines of Gratian, who himself had adopted ideas from Isidore of Seville. Aquinas’s conception of the <i>ius gentium</i> was different of Gratian’s and relied to a large extent on the civilian interpretation of Roman law texts. This article analyzes how the decretists, the first interpreters of Gratian, arrived at a conception of the <i>ius gentium</i> that was different from that of Gratian himself, and thus paved the way for Aquinas to read the Roman law conception into the <i>ius gentium</i>.</p>
Journal
Journal of the History of Ideas – University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: Nov 6, 2020