Law for All Times: Essays in Memory of David Daube2004

These essays, edited by Ernest Metzger, were collected in honor of David Daube, a renowned scholar of Roman and Biblical Law. The volume opens with a keynote address by Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, describing Daube's life and work ("Law for All Times"). Then follows a series of essays: - Quare? Argument in David Daube, After Karl Popper (Ernest Metzger) - Remarks on Consensual Sale (Reuven Yaron) - Daube and Palingenesia (David Johnston) - From the Recent Discovery of Documents in Pompeii: the tabellae of Titinia Antracis and the Suretyship of Epichares (Joseph Georg Wolf) - Nova Species (Cornelius van der Merwe) - Postscript on nova species and Kinloch Damph Ltd. v. Nordvik Farms Ltd. (Ernest Metzger) - Arbitration in the Ius Commune and Scots Law (Mark Godfrey) - Ius Civile in Scotland, ca. 1600 (John W. Cairns)