Total run time:
14m
How did the Romans think about torts like theft, nuisance, and assault? Professor Richard Epstein posits that understanding Roman concepts about causation can help us understand both modern public and private law.
How are private law and the public law related? Does this relationship matter? Professor Richard Epstein explains how his approach to the public law is unique because he has carefully studied the Roman private law. Professor Epstein argues that most
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How are private law and the public law related? Does this relationship matter? Professor Richard Epstein explains how his approach to the public law is unique because he has carefully studied the Roman private law. Professor Epstein argues that most public law concepts arose from classical private law arrangements.
Professor Richard Epstein is the inaugural Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law at NYU School of Law, a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and Professor of Law Emeritus and a senior lecturer at the University of Chicago.
As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.
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Total run time:
14m
Course:
Roman Law
Total videos:
5
Difficulty:
Elective
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