大卫Seipp教授 Selected to Deliver Oxford University’s Youard Lecture in 法律史
这位杰出的法律史教授谈到了他对中世纪英国法的新濠影汇线上赌场研究。
On March 10, Law 校友 Scholar and Professor of Law 大卫Seipp delivered the Richard Youard法律史讲座, an endowed lecture series given at the Oxford University Faculty of Law. Youard讲座是由一位杰出的城市律师、毕业于莫德林学院（Magdalen College）的毕业生创办的，其目的是向所有法律系学生介绍法律史上的主题，让他们对自己的现代法律新濠影汇线上赌场研究有更深入的了解。
Seipp’s talk, entitled “When Lawyers Lie: Forging an English Constitution in 1399,” examines the first Year Book case under the reign of Henry IV. The 1399 Year Book case recounts the trial and beheading of an earl for treason. 年鉴上的条目被广泛认为是谎言，许多学者接受了一种理论，即该条目是后来插入年鉴的伪造条目。 In his talk, Seipp argues that the case was “fabricated by the lawyers of 1399 as a report of what should have happened.”
“Trials of earls who challenged the king were something that should be subject to orderly proceedings, but not in the ordinary courts of law,” Seipp says. “Decision by a majority of peers, unsworn and voting their individual consciences, was enough to separate these political trials from the work of the ordinary courts and to save judges and lawyers from having to take sides in these times of dynastic rivalries.”
Professor Seipp’s scholarship focuses on law, lawyers, and legal proceedings in medieval England, especially on the Year Books, a collection of law reports that record the earliest courtroom arguments in the common law tradition. 通过年鉴，Seipp解释了法官、律师和陪审员在中世纪英国普通法发展中的作用，以及几个世纪以来基本法律概念的坚持和演变。
Seipp is well-known for his digital edition of the 年鉴，中世纪英国法律史：索引和释义印刷年鉴报告，1266-1535. 该项目得到了哈佛法学院艾姆斯基金会的支持，记录了22000多起早期英国法律案件。 塞普说：“这个项目很吸引人，因为它让我直接和亲密地接触了英国和美国普通法最早形成时期的主要资料，其中大部分自1679年以来就没有出版过。” He is also working on the fifth volume of 《牛津英国法律史》.
此前受邀在尤德法律史讲座上发表演讲的学者包括马克斯普朗克比较与国际私法新濠影汇线上赌场研究所的Reinhard Zimmermann、奥斯古德霍尔法学院的Douglas Hay、伦敦经济学院的Michael Lobban、剑桥大学法学院的David Ibbetson、纽约大学法学院的William Nelson和雷丁大学法学院的Catharine MacMillan。
