Andrea Mantegna, St. Sebastian, ca. 1457-1459 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

 1. Case Law in the Ius commune and the Ius proprium

2. The Age of Consilia  Oldradus de Ponte's Consilium on Marriage

3. The Development of Norms in the Ius commune (Maxims, Rules of Law [Regulae iuris])

4. The Influence of the Ius commune on the bonds of Society:  Nonfeasance in Civil and Common Law

5. English Common Law
Rights of Non-Christian Peoples:  The Beginnings of International Law

Rights of Property, Contracts, the Poor, and Marriage Readings: Ken Pennington, "Politics in Western Jurisprudence"