Samuel Parsons Scott

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Scott circa 1890

Samuel Parsons (SP) Scott (* 1846 in Hillsboro , Ohio ; † May 30, 1929 ) was an American lawyer and translator of medieval legal sources into English. He bequeathed large parts of his fortune to Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia for the construction of a teaching and research library: today's Scott Memorial Library .

Scott was admitted to the bar at 22, but gave up this practice in 1875 to enter the family banking business. In addition, he worked as a private scholar with a focus on Spain and the Middle Ages. His first publication was Through Spain , a travelogue on Spain. The History of the Moorish empire in Europe and English translations of Roman and medieval legal sources followed later . First his translation of the Forum iudicum ( Leges Visigothorum ), as well as posthumously published a translation of the Las Siete Partidas and a collection of Roman civil law under the title The Civil Law . The Civil Law collection promoted the reception of Roman law in American jurisprudence and still contains the most modern English translation of the Corpus iuris civilis , which is nevertheless very imprecise and flawed, so that its use in teaching is not recommended. The translation of Las Siete Partidas , on the other hand, is considered successful and was re-edited in a 5-volume edition with comments corresponding to the current state of research in 2000/01.

Works

  • Through Spain: a narrative of travel and adventure in the Peninsula. , JB Lippincott company, Philadelphia, London 1886.
  • History of the Moorish empire in Europe , JB Lippincott company, Philadelphia, London 1904.
  • The Visigothic code (Forum judicum) , The Boston book company, Boston 1910 ( [1] ).
  • Las siete partidas, translation and notes by Samuel Parsons Scott , Comparative law bureau of the American bar association, Chicago, New York 1931.
  • The civil Law: including The twelve tables, The institutes of Gaius, The rules of Ulpian, The enactments of Justinian and The constitutions of Leo / transl. from the orig. Latin, ed. And compared with all accessible systems of jurisprudence ancient and modern . 17 vols., The Central Trust Co., Cincinnati 1932 ( [2] ), new edition: Lawbook Exchange, Union, NJ 2001, ISBN 1584771305 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Michael Angelo: " Health !: The Story of Scott Memorial Library ". In: Jeffline Forum, November 2003, p. 6 (accessed November 29, 2011).
  2. ^ Salvo Randazzo: Roman Legal Tradition and American Law: The Riccobono Seminar of Roman Law in Washington . In: Roman Legal Tradition, Volume 1 [2002], p. 125.
  3. ^ Will Tysse, The Roman Legal Treatment of Self Defense and the Private Possession of Weapons in the Codex Justinianus In: J. FIREARMS & PUB. POL'Y 163 (2004) ( PDF ( Memento of the original from January 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. ). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.saf.org
  4. ↑ Michael H. Hoeflich: Bibliographical Perspectives on Roman and Civil Law . In: Law Library Journal , J. 41 (1997), p. 43.
  5. ↑ Olivia R. Constable: Parsons, Samuel, trans. and Robert Burns, SJ, ed. Las Siete Partidas, Vol. 1-5. The Middle Ages Series. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001. Pp. -. 135.00. ISBN 0-812-21737-3 . In: The Medieval Review, 2004-01 ( TMR 01/04/21 ).
personal data
SURNAME Scott, Samuel Parsons
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Scott, Sp
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH 1846
PLACE OF BIRTH Hillsboro , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH May 30, 1929