French Medieval Law with Prof. Ada Kuskowski

In this episode, I interview Prof. McSweeney about his book, Priests of the Law.

Part of a two-part series on French legal history.

We talk about the classical basis for the administrative state generally and the U.S. administrative state specifically.The Many and the Few: On the American Lex Regia by Vermeule:https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4321671Marbury and the Administrative State by Monaghan: https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1154&context=faculty_scholarshipJudicial Deference to Administrative Interpretations of Law by Scalia:https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/dlj/vol38/iss3/1/

The Formation of the Common Law with Professor John G.H. Hudson of St. Andrew's, Scotland

Professor Sellers and I dive into the Roman republican system with some comparisons to the American Republic and other modern legal systems. This is the first in a two-part series on Roman constitutionalism.

We discuss the specifics of Roman contract law. We also discuss how the Roman Jurists influenced Roman contract law.

An overview of the reemergence of Roman law in Europe, medieval law, canon law, Gratian, and much more...

An overview of the Republican system of litigation. Bruce Frier's "The Rise of the Roman Jurists": https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691639567/the-rise-of-the-roman-juristsThomas & McGinn's "Ancient Law, Ancient Society": https://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Law-Society-Dennis-Kehoe/dp/0472130439Ernest Metzger's "Litigation in Roman Law": https://global.oup.com/academic/product/litigation-in-roman-law-9780198298557?cc=us&lang=en&Andrew Lintott's "The Constitution of the Roman Republic": https://www.amazon.com/Constitution-Roman-Republic-Andrew-Lintott/dp/0199261083Andrew Lintott's "Imperium Romanum": https://www.amazon.com/Imperium-Romanum-Administration-Andrew-Lintott/dp/0415093759T. Corey Brennan's "The Praetorship in the Roman Republic": https://www.amazon.com/Praetorship-Roman-Republic-Origins-122/dp/0195114590