Resumen de Roman Law in the Modern English Legal Literature

Francesco Giglio

• Although ·the Reception of Roman law did not take place in England, Roman law used to play an important role in legal analysis. The paper considers whether this relationship survives in the modern English legal literature. To this purpose, the main modern contributors to the Roman law / English law debate will be presented with a focus on Peter Birks and his legacy to English law. lt will become clear to the reader that the influence of Roman law upon modern English law, strong until the sixties of last century, is rapidly fading.