The Making of Modern Property: Reinventing Roman Law in Europe and its Peripheries 1789–1950

Please Join us for a Book Symposium featuring Anna di Robilant to celebrate the publication of “The Making of Modern Property: Reinventing Roman Law in Europe and its Peripheries 1789–1950” on Tuesday, March 26^th, 2024.

Abstract:
In this original intellectual history, Anna di Robilant traces the history of one of the most influential legal, political, and intellectual projects of modernity: the appropriation of Roman property law by liberal nineteenth-century jurists to fit the purposes of modern Europe. Drawing from a wealth of primary sources, many of which have never been translated into English, di Robilant outlines how a broad network of European jurists reinvented the classical Roman concept of property to support the process of modernisation. By placing this intellectual project within its historical context, she shows how changing class relations, economic policies and developing ideologies converged to produce the basis of modern property law. Bringing these developments to the twentieth century, this book demonstrates how this largely fabricated version of Roman property law shaped and continues to shape debates concerning economic growth, sustainability, and democratic participation.

Panelists:
Anna di Robilant, Boston University School of Law
K-Sue Park, UCLA School of Law
Lua Yuille, Northeastern University School of Law

Moderated by Gary Lawson, Boston University School of Law

Lunch available in Barristers Hall at 12:00pm.

Learn more about “The Making of Modern Property: Reinventing Roman Law in Europe and its Peripheries 1789–1950” with Anna di Robilant on BU Law’s The Record podcast.

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