A Historical Introduction to the Law of Obligations

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Dr Sophie Turenne ​is a College Lecturer and Fellow at Murray Edwards College and Co-Director of CELS. She holds a PhD in Law from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas and is an Associate Member of the International Academy of Comparative Law. She has written extensively on the topic of judicial independence and has interests in comparative law, constitutional law, European law, judicial studies and legal theory. She recently acted as an expert on judicial matters for the Judicial Appointments Commission of England and Wales and the UK Senior Salaries Review Body. She is also Editor for the Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies. An inquest into the death of Emiliano Sala is scheduled to take place on February 14 next year at Bournemouth Coroners' Court. Please note that this event is being moved from LG18 to the McCrum Lecture Theatre in Corpus Christi College (due to industrial action)*

The scene outside Cardiff City stadium as the concern grews about the missing plane (Image: WalesOnline/Rob Browne) Ibbetson is originally and primarily an English legal historian, but he is also expert in Roman law and has written comparative works relating to the history of European law. Whilst he has published on a wide range of subjects, his focus has been on the historical relationship between English Common Law and the legal systems and legal thought of the rest of Europe.

Professor Okeoghene Odudu is University Senior Lecturer in Law and Co-Director of CELS. His expertise lie in EU and UK competition law. He has recently completed a major research project on the application of competition law to the National Health Service in England - funded by the British Academy - and he is engaged in a long-term project seeking to examine the competition law implications of the 'Open Public Services Agenda'.

In cross-examination, the following exchange took place between Henderson and prosecutor Mr Goudie. Commenting on Professor Scott’s appointment, Professor Mark Elliott, the Chair of the Faculty of Law, said: "I am delighted that Professor Scott will be joining the Faculty of Law as our new Regius Professor of Civil Law. We greatly look forward to welcoming Professor Scott to Cambridge and to benefitting from her wealth of expertise and experience as a teacher, researcher and academic leader." He liaised directly with the engineers. During my exchanges he seemed confident and did not express any apprehensions about the aircraft. Henderson said: “Following a plane crash there is always a serious inquiry and I wanted to be prepared for that.” The verdict Although the obligatio was at its core a relationship between two parties, as a noun it was reified so that it was seen as an asset in the hands of the beneficiary. In his Institutes, Gaius places obligationes in his list of incorporeal things, alongside inheritances, usufructs and servitudes ; something that is repeated by Justinian. An obligatio therefore had a duration; it could be said to be born and to be extinguished or brought to an end . It could endure or remain, or it could be perpetuated. If a transaction was undone so that there was restitutio in integrum, a former obligatio could be restored. When a novation occurred it could be said that the obligatio had been changed, and as a thing it could be sold or transferred. Indeed, so proprietary was the obligatio that both Ulpian and Julian say that it can be made the subject of a condictio ; where a promise had been made without a causa the promisor could bring a condictio to reclaim the obligatio itself, not the sum of money that had been promised.

Professor David Ibbetson

Si quis tutelam vel curam vel negotia vel argentariam vel quid aliud, unde obligatio oritur, certo loci administravit: etsi ibi domicilium non habuit, ibi se debebit defendere et, si non defendat neque ibi domicilium habeat, bona possideri patietur. Nunc transeamus ad obligationes. Quarum summa divisio in duas species deducitur: omnis enim obligatio vel ex contractu nascitur vel ex delicto. Professor Kenneth Armstong is Professor of European Law. His research focuses on European Union law and, in particular, the constitutional and institutional dimensions of EU economic and social governance. He has given expert evidence to the House of Commons Scottish Affairs Committee and the Scottish Parliament's European and External Relations Committee on the EU dimension of the referendum on Scottish Independence. Coaching empowers you to gain deeper insight into your challenges and opportunities, and achieve your personal and professional goals. As your coach, I ask you creative, intuitive questions and share recommendations for your consideration. This helps you clarify your own thinking and assists you in intuitively engaging your own knowledge, experience and skill sets to maximize your personal and professional potential. Good intuition comes from having good information and good personal wellness. Coaching is completely confidential. If a person has administered a tutelage, a curacy, business activities, banking, or anything else from which an obligatio arises, in a certain place, he will have to defend himself there even if he did not have his home there, and if he neither defends nor has his home there his goods will be seized.