postglossator

medieval European history

Also known as: commentator

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In legal glossator
…14th century, the commentators or postglossators, to effect a closer liaison between the revived Roman law and the law of the Italian cities and to find a way to apply Roman law to the practical legal needs of the day.
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In comparative law: Ancient roots of law
…of law, their successors (the postglossators) undertook the systematic arrangement and adaptation of that law to prevailing social conditions. At no time was there an effort to compare laws. The customary laws that one found here and there could hardly hold any interest for scholars labouring to give society a…
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