Throughout the 20th century, Roman Law was mainly an enigma for historians and classical philologists alike. Its position in the Faculties of Law as Legal History and a systematic, and sometimes even synchronic, persp...Throughout the 20th century, Roman Law was mainly an enigma for historians and classical philologists alike. Its position in the Faculties of Law as Legal History and a systematic, and sometimes even synchronic, perspective of many researchers on legal sources together with self-referential tendencies made it appear a closed system, even though the nestor of Altertumswissenschaften, Theodor Mommsen had once encompassed the trias history, law and philology, albeit with his own taxonomy and connected with his liberal ideas that can be frequently found in his Romische Geschichte and Romisches Staatsrecht.展开更多
文摘Throughout the 20th century, Roman Law was mainly an enigma for historians and classical philologists alike. Its position in the Faculties of Law as Legal History and a systematic, and sometimes even synchronic, perspective of many researchers on legal sources together with self-referential tendencies made it appear a closed system, even though the nestor of Altertumswissenschaften, Theodor Mommsen had once encompassed the trias history, law and philology, albeit with his own taxonomy and connected with his liberal ideas that can be frequently found in his Romische Geschichte and Romisches Staatsrecht.
