Divisions of Law

Daniel Lee is Professor of Political Science and Law at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a specialist in the history of political thought and jurisprudence, with a special focus on the influence of Roman law on modern jurisprudence and social science. His other major works include Popular Sovereignty in Early Modern Constitutional Thought and The Right of Sovereignty, also published by Oxford University Press.Jason Aaron Brown is a Research Fellow at St. Paul's College in the University of Manitoba and the author of St Antoninus of Florence on Trade, Merchants, and Workers. His scholarship centers on medieval legal and pastoral literature. He has taught history, Latin, and manuscript studies at the University of Manitoba, University of Winnipeg, and Durham University.

In recent years, Daniel Lee has provided transformative new accounts of Jean Bodin's theory of sovereignty that have had a significant influence on our understanding of the history of political thought. In this volume, he turns to Bodin's fascinating jurisprudence, again furnishing a compelling reading as well as making the work available through Jason Aaron Brown's meticulous translation. The book fascinatingly suggests the ways in which Bodin's political theories in particular as well as political theory more generally are connected with jurisprudence. Divisions of Law is a must-read for anyone working in legal history, whether they focus on civil, common, or international law traditions, as well as those interested in political theory and the history of political thought.

• Introduction: Dividing Law 1: Legal Science and Legal Ramism 2: Divisions of Law 3: Harmonic Justice Appendix 1: Jean Bodin, Iuris Universi Distributio Translator's Preface Appendix 2: Iuris Universi Distributio (Paris, 1578) Appendix 3: A Division of Law as a Whole