Description: Comprises biographical portraits of leading jurists and judges, assessing the influence of their Christianity.
Brief description: Olivier Descamps is Professor of law and legal history at the Panthéon-Assas University in Paris, France, and Managing Director of the Institute of Legal History of the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Paris. A specialist in legal history, canon law, and comparative law, he has authored or edited five books, including Les sources du droit à l'aune de la pratique (2018) and Le statut du magistrat (forthcoming). Professor Descamps is coeditor of the Revue historique de droit français et étranger, one of the leading journals in legal history worldwide.
Review Quotes: '... the precise and subtle analyses offered in this volume are to be warmly welcomed and commended as an important contribution to and source of information on these broader reflections on law and political theory.' Myriam Hunter-Henin, Journal of Church and State