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Alan Watson (1) (1933–2018)

Author of Roman Law and Comparative Law

For other authors named Alan Watson, see the disambiguation page.

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About the Author

Alan Watson is the Ernest P. Rogers Professor and Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Georgia Law School.

Works by Alan Watson

Roman Law and Comparative Law (1991) 25 copies

The Digest of Justinian (2 Volume Set) (1998) 21 copies

Slave Law in the Americas (1990) 21 copies

The Evolution of Law (1985) 16 copies

The Trial of Stephen: The First Christian Martyr (1996) 15 copies

The Law of the Ancient Romans (1970) 14 copies

Jesus and the Jews: The Pharisaic Tradition in John (1995) 14 copies

Legal Transplants: An Approach to Comparative Law (1974) 13 copies

Roman Slave Law (1987) 10 copies

Jesus: A Profile (1998) 10 copies

Sources of Law, Legal Change, and Ambiguity (1984) 10 copies

Jesus and the Law (1996) 10 copies

The Trial of Jesus (1995) 9 copies

Failures of the Legal Imagination (1988) 9 copies

Joseph Story and the Comity of Errors: A Case Study in Conflict of Laws (1992) 8 copies, 1 review

Studies in Roman Private Law (2003) 8 copies

Legal Origins and Legal Change (2003) 8 copies

Roman private law around 200 B.C (1971) 8 copies

The Spirit of Roman Law (Spirit of the Laws) (1995) 8 copies

Rome of the XII Tables: Persons and Property (1976) 7 copies

The Evolution of Western Private Law (2000) 6 copies

Society and Legal Change (1977) 5 copies

Daube noster; essays in legal history for David Daube; (1974) 5 copies

International Law in Archaic Rome: War and Religion (Ancient Society and History) (1993) 5 copies

The Making of the Civil Law (1981) 5 copies

State, Law and Religion: Pagan Rome (1992) 4 copies

Ancient Law and Modern Understanding: At the Edges (1999) 3 copies

The Nature of Law (1977) 3 copies

The shame of american legal education (2006) 3 copies

Comparative Law: Law, Reality and Society (2007) 2 copies

The Law of Persons in the Later Roman Republic (1967) 2 copies

Contract of Mandate in Roman Law (1984) 2 copies

The Law of Succession in the Later Roman Republic (1971) 2 copies

The Transformation of American Property Law: A Comparative Law Approach 1 copy

The Shame of American Legal Education (2005) 1 copy

The Law of Property in the Later Roman Republic (1968) 1 copy

Law Out of Context (2000) 1 copy

Law Making in the Later Roman Republic (1974) 1 copy

The Law of Obligations in the Later Roman Republic (1984) 1 copy

Lex et Romanitas: Essays for Alan Watson (2000) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Digest of Justinian, Volume 1 (2009) — Translator — 25 copies

The Digest of Justinian, Volume 2 (2009) — Translator — 19 copies

The Digest of Justinian, Volume 3 (2009) — Translator — 17 copies

The Digest of Justinian, Volume 4 (2009) — Translator — 16 copies

Beyond Dogmatics: Law and Society in the Roman World (Edinburgh Studies in Law) (2007) — Contributor — 8 copies

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Watson, William Alexander Jardine
Birthdate: 1933-10-27
Date of death: 2018-11-07
Gender: male
Education: University of Glasgow (MA ∙ LLB)
University of Oxford (BA ∙ MA ∙ DPhil ∙ DCL)
Occupations: legal historian
law professor
Organizations: University of Georgia
University of Edinburgh
Nationality: Scotland
UK
Birthplace: Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Associated Place (for map): Scotland, UK

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Joseph Story and the Comity of Errors: A Case Study in Conflict of Laws by Alan Watson

A superb and most interesting discussion regarding how Justice Story's misunderstanding of continental legal maxims regarding conflicts of laws became enshrined in American jurisprudence. If this kind of story is your thing, this is a great read!

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Works: 40
Also by: 5
Members: 298
Popularity: #78,714
Rating: 3.9

Reviews: 1
ISBNs: 82
Languages: 1

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