Julie Stone Peters. Law as Performance: Theatricality, Spectatorship, and the Making of Law in Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern Europe Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022

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Arvosteltu teos: Biskops- och prostvisitationsprotokoll från det äldre Wiborgska stiftet / på basis av Albin Simolins samling kompletterade och utgivna av Esko Häkli. Helsingfors : Finska kyrkohistoriska samfundet, 2015

Hyvät, pahat ja rumat maallikkoasioitsijat: Mielikuvat oikeudellisen tiedon haltijoista autonomian ajan Suomessa

Tieto ei sinänsä yleensä ole hyvää tai pahaa. Tieto on kuitenkin valtaa, eikä oikeudellinen tieto ole tästä poikkeus. Oikeudellinen tietotaito oli rahanarvoista ennen ja nyt, ja siitä saattoi olla merkittävää hyötyä henkilölle itselleen, mutta myös hänen yhteisölleen ja perheelleen kulttuurisena pääomana. Nykyään oikeudellista työtä Suomessa tekevät ennen kaikkea yliopistokoulutetut juristit. Näin ei ole ollut aina. Maassamme on perinteisesti hankittu oikeudellista tietotaitoa käytännön toiminnan kautta, vaikka yliopistotutkinnoista onkin 1900-luvun kuluessa tullut lähes yksinomainen väylä oikeudellisiin ammatteihin

Marrying Off Sons and Daughters: Attitudes towards the Consent of Parents and Guardians in Early Modern Sweden

Curate Samuel Josephi Lithovius of Limingå (Liminka) in Ostrobothnia was one of the six representatives of the clergy of the diocese of Åbo (Turku) at the diet of Stockholm in 1647. At the diet, however, he was accused by his fellow clergymen of having performed an irregular solemnization (på oordentligit wijs - - hadhe sammanwigdt) at the manor of Åhrsta outside the city of Stockholm. By doing this, he had usurped the authority of another priest and ‘confirmed the madness (galenskap) and disorder with which the parties had commenced their marriage’ for a sum of money. By his actions, he had compromised the whole estate (uppålagdt heela ministerio - - een elack notam).Curate Samuel Josephi Lithovius of Limingå (Liminka) in Ostrobothnia was one of the six representatives of the clergy of the diocese of Åbo (Turku) at the diet of Stockholm in 1647. At the diet, however, he was accused by his fellow clergymen of having performed an irregular solemnization (på oordentligit wijs - - hadhe sammanwigdt) at the manor of Åhrsta outside the city of Stockholm. By doing this, he had usurped the authority of another priest and ‘confirmed the madness (galenskap) and disorder with which the parties had commenced their marriage’ for a sum of money. By his actions, he had compromised the whole estate (uppålagdt heela ministerio - - een elack notam)

Particularisme juridique et développements communs (Moyen-Âge–Temps modernes): Une perspective suédoise

This article discusses some key features of the medieval and early modern Swedish legal culture from a comparative European perspective. These key traits include an early codification of (nation-wide) law, the predominance of written law and a reliance on laymen as judges rather than university-trained lawyers. In fact, these became cornerstones of a national legal historical identity in early modern and modern Sweden and Finland. Finally, a comparative approach is considered indispensable in order to analyse particularisms and common developments in legal history.</p

Rikos ja ruumiin rankaisu : itsemurha suurvalta-Ruotsissa

Arvosteltu teos: Suicide in the seventeenth-century Sweden: The crime and legal praxis in the lower courts / Riikka Miettinen (Tampereen yliopisto, 2015)