Aquinas, ius gentium , and the Decretists
For his conception of the ius gentium, 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 ius gentium was different of Gratian’s and relied to a large extent on the civilian interpretation of Roman...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | IE |
| Repositorio: | Repositorio IE |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.ie.edu:20.500.14417/3540 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://doi.org/10.1353/jhi.2020.0036 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14417/3540 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Ius gentium Thomas Aquinas Medieval canon law Gratian Decretists Natural law Medieval legal theory Isidore of Seville Roman law 55 Historia::5504 Historia por épocas::5504.03 Historia medieval ODS 4 - Educación de calidad |
| Sumario: | For his conception of the ius gentium, 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 ius gentium 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 ius gentium that was different from that of Gratian himself, and thus paved the way for Aquinas to read the Roman law conception into the ius gentium. |
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