LE MAISTRE (Gilles) – DÉCISIONS NOTABLES DE FEU MESSIRE GILLES LE MAIS

THE MASTER (Gilles)

Notable Decisions of the Late Sir Gilles Le Maistre, Knight and First President of the Parliamentary Court in Paris. Augmented by Mr. Jean Ramat, Advocate, with a plea by the late Sir Bourdin, Attorney General to the King, and a decree concerning the Regalia of Nantes in Brittany, which have not yet been printed. To Sir Hercules de Harlay, Knight and First President of the said Court

Édition :

Paris

Date :

1583

small octavo, full fawn calfskin, plain spine with 5 raised bands decorated with various small gilt motifs (4-petaled fleuron, lion, 2-headed eagle, large-tailed animal), covers decorated with a framing fillet and in the center with a very beautiful gilt medallion, manuscript Ex-Libris on the title page, ruled text, headbands & initial letters, (black stains on the covers, gilts slightly faded, 1 joint open with visible hinge, corners bumped with some loss), fairly fresh interior, 228 ff.-[8 ff.].

This work hardly falls under the category of archaeology proper. It contains in fact five distinct treatises, written in French and of unequal length: a Treatise on Amortizations (fol. 5 r - 26 v in the 1576 edition), a Treatise on Fiefs, Homages and Vassals (fol. 27 r - 37 r), a Treatise on Regals (fol. 37 v - 84 r), a Treatise on Public Auctions (fol. 84 v - 184 r), and finally a Treatise on Appellations and Abuses (fol. 184 r - 207 v). While the first two treatises and the fifth are structured around a selection of Parliamentary decrees regulating the matter since the 13th century, the author focuses primarily on justifying the rationale behind these decrees and facilitating their understanding, most often through the common opinion of medieval and contemporary legal scholars, both civil and canon lawyers, and sometimes also through royal legislation. The Treatise on Regalia, for its part, examines the subject mainly through the lens of the October 1334 ordinance (commonly known as the Philippine), which it relates to legal doctrine, including recent scholarship, holding the treatises of Ruzé and Probus on regalia in high esteem. Even further removed from a collection of decrees is the Treatise on Public Announcements. This work consists of a lengthy gloss, article by article, on the terms of Henry II's Edict of Public Announcements (September 3, 1551), which established most of the formalities. It regularly compares these ordinances with earlier ones, those of Villers-Cotterêts foremost among them. It is a didactic work of interpretation, punctuated by "notable" or "singular questions" announced as such, in a scholarly manner (Quid... Sed quid..., Quaero..., Quaeritur..., "But I ask..."). Here again, the pronouncements of the authors of the ius commune occupy a central place, without, however, preventing this high magistrate from formulating personal opinions ("I say no," "I say that") or divergent conclusions based on a particular ordinance, custom, ruling, or even on accounts of legal proceedings and recollections of pleadings.

Référence : 35467

Mots-clés : Ancient Law - History of Law

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