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pandectist

adj

Etymology

From pandect + -ist.

  1. derived from πανδέκται — “the Pandects”
  2. derived from pandectae — “the Pandects”
  3. derived from *deḱ-✻ — “to take; to perceive”
  4. derived from πανδέκτης — “encyclopedia”
  5. derived from pandectēs — “book that contains everything, encyclopedia”
  6. suffixed as pandectist — “pandect + ist”

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to the Pandects compiled under the Roman emperor Justinian I.

    • It is due to the pervasive influence of pandectist scholarship that the concept of ownership is generally described and understood as 'absolute' in nature.
    • Pandectist ideas were taken to be notions of general jurisprudence and therefore applicable to any developed legal system.

  2. Pertaining to the German adaptation of Roman law in the early sixteenth century.

    • In this way, the prestigious German pandectist science greatly influenced not only continental systems, but also English law and indirectly even American law.
    • His main opus is the Lehrbuch des Pandektenrechts (textbook on pandectist law, 1861-70)

  3. An expert on the Pandects compiled under the Roman emperor Justinian I.

    • Many of the pandectists, however, do not mention the ammus negotia aliena gerendi among the requirements of negotiorum gestio;
    • The legal principles deduced from the textual material of the CIC by such leading pandectists as Georg Friedrich Puchta (1798–1846) and Bernhard Windscheid (1817–1892) were sometimes used as legal norms in courts of law.
    • Windscheid is the prototype pandectist who together with his friend Jhering was probably the most influential lawyer for nineteenth-century German civil law.
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    1. A proponent or developer of a complete code of laws of a country, especially of the…

      A proponent or developer of a complete code of laws of a country, especially of the German pandestic law.

      • The scheme the pandectists sought was a scheme dominated by certain legal ideals and principles.
      • In turn, the German historical school and the pandectists, with their emphasis upon the absoluteness and exclusiveness of property, had an impact upon France.

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