Okko Behrends, one of Europe's foremost scholars of classical Roman law and its modern developments, will deliver a public lecture titled "The Roman Law of Sale and Modern Times" on Wednesday, Aug. 25, at 9:05 a.m. in Room 290 of Myron Taylor Hall.
Behrends, a Cornell Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large, will spend the first week of his initial campus visit presenting lectures and seminars in the Law School. He will spend the second week in the Department of Classics, where he will deliver a public lecture, title to be announced.
Behrends holds the chair of Roman Law, Civil Law and the History of Modern Private Law at the University of Göttingen, Germany. His work describes the way law influences society as well as the way society influences the law. He has published extensively on classical Roman law including private law, constitutional legal history, legal science and philosophy in the history of Roman jurisprudence, the constitutional economic and social significance of Roman private law and theory, the Twelve Tables and the nature and limits of positivism in ancient and modern legal thought.
His areas of interest also extend to other aspects of ancient life such as surveying land and legal rights, the quartering system, defeated non-citizen barbarians, mercenaries, grave robbery and tomb desecration. For a list of his publications, see this Web site: http://www.gwdg.de/~ujrg/behrends.htm.
For more information about Behrends' Law School lecture, contact Robert Summers, the W.G. McRoberts Professor of Law at Cornell, 255-4975. For information about Behrends' upcoming lectures and visit to the Classics department, contact Susan Payne at 255-3354.
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