Právněhistorické studie / Legal History Studies (Charles University journal; below referred to as PHS or Journal) is a scientific journal listed in the international prestigious database SCOPUS. The journal is published by Charles University in Prague under the guarantee of the Department of Legal History of the Faculty of Law of Charles University. It is published by the Karolinum Press. The journal focuses on the field of legal history and related topics.
Issue 1 of the Journal was published by the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences Publishing in June 1955. The Journal was initially published by the Cabinet of Legal History of the Czechoslovak Academy of Science (CSAV), later by the Institute of State and Law (CSAV) and then by the Institute of Legal History of the Faculty of Law of Charles University.
PHS is issued three times a year in April, August, and December and it presents original scientific works/papers as well as reviews, annotations and news from the scientific field of legal history. It also introduces annotated texts of a legal history nature. PHS accepts manuscripts from domestic as well as foreign authors. Manuscripts submitted by foreign authors are published in original language, namely in English, Slovak, German, French, Italian or Polish.
PHS (ISSN 0079-4929) is registered in the Czech national ISSN centre (supervised by the State Technical Library). The Journal is registered by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic according to Act No. 46/2000 Sb., on Rights and Liabilities for the Publishing of Periodicals and Change of Some Acts (Press Act), and it is allocated with registration number of periodical press MK E 18813.
PHS is an open journal and ensures open access to scientific data (Open Access). The entire content is released as open to the public on the web pages of the journal.
The journal is archived in Portico.
PRÁVNĚHISTORICKÉ STUDIE, Vol 50 No 1 (2020), 9–21
Setkání římského práva s právem staré Číny
[Contacts Between Roman Law and Ancient Chinese Law]
Michal Tomášek
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14712/2464689X.2020.2
published online: 09. 04. 2020
abstract
Two big ancient civilizations – Roman and Chinese – created important legal systems which were to influence legal development in Europe and in China respectively. Archeologic discoveries prove there has been exchange of goods between both empires. China was exporting silk to Rome, Romans were exporting glass to China. In 2nd century BC, Han dynasty emperor opened a commercial route later named “Silk road”. Chinese were protecting their exports by military convoys applying their legal regulations. On some spots, they transmitted their goods to intermediators who were dealing with Roman merchants. Romans were using their ius gentium. For maritime trade Chinese opened ports under state surveillance in today’s Vietnam. There are no proofs that Chinese were interested in Roman law and vice versa. Although Romans were visiting Han dynasty court no official Chinese envoy has ever visited Roman officials.
keywords: Roman law; ancient Chinese law; Silk road; ius gentium; Lex Rhodia de iactu
references (18)
1. ANTONY, R. J. - SCHOTTENHAMMER, A. Beyond the Silk Roads - New Doscourses on China's Role in East Asian Maritime History. Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz Verlag, 2017. CrossRef
2. CRESPIGNY, R. de. A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23-220 AD). Leiden: Koninklijke Brill, 2007. CrossRef
3. DUBS, H. H. A Roman city in ancient China. Greece & Rome, 1957, Vol. 4, No. 2 CrossRef
4. GUMILËV, L. N. - KURKČI, A. I. Černaja legenda: Istoriko-psichologičeskij etjud. Chazar, 1989.
5. HILL, J. E. Through the Jade Gate to Rome: A Study of the Silk Routes during the Later Han Dynasty, First to Second Centuries CE. Washington: BookSurge, 2009.
6. HULSEWÉ, A. F. P. China in Central Asia. The Early Stage: 125 B.C.-A.D. 23. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1979.
7. LIŠČÁK, V: Čína - Dobrodružství Hedvábné cesty. Po stopách styků Východ - Západ. Praha: Set Out, 2000.
8. MILLEROVÁ, P. Vietnam. Praha: Libri, 2004.
9. ROSTOVZEV, M. Storia economica e sociale dell'Imperio Romano. Firenze: La Nuova Italia Editrice, 1946.
10. SKŘEJPEK, M. Digesta seu pandactae. Tomus I, Fragmenta selecta = Vybrané části. Praha: Karolinum, 2015.
11. SKŘEJPEK, M. Lex et ius: zákony a právo antického Říma. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2018.
12. SKŘEJPEK, M. Omezování přepychu v římském právu. Acta Universitatis Carolinae - Iuridica, 1997/2, s. 7-17
13. SKŘEJPEK, M. - BĚLOVSKÝ, P. - STLOUKALOVÁ, K. Cizinci, hranice a integrace v dějinách. Praha: Auditorium, 2016.
14. TOMÁŠEK, M. Dějiny čínského práva. Praha: Academia 2004.
15. TOMÁŠEK, M. Fórum o právní spolupráci v projektu "Pás a cesta". Peking, 2. a 3. července 2018, Právník, 2018, č. 10.
16. TOMÁŠEK, M. Právní systémy Dálného východu I. Praha: Karolinum, 2016.
17. TOMÁŠEK, M. Přehled dějin vietnamského práva. Praha: Právnická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy, 2008.
18. YULE, H. Cathay and the way thither, being a collection of mediaeval notices of China. Vol. I a II. London: Hakluyt Society, 1866.
Setkání římského práva s právem staré Číny is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
240 x 170 mm
periodicity: 3 x per year
print price: 250 czk
ISSN: 0079-4929
E-ISSN: 2464-689X
