This podcast deals with the birth of writs and the growth of English royal jurisdiction, with the possibility for litigants to submit their disputes to either a local or a royal judge.
On the differences between the two streams of the German Historical School: the Pandectists and the Germanists. The example of possession: the Roman concept and Albrecht's German alternative to it, the Gewere.
The other stream of the Historical School: the Germanists and their focus on ancient German law. The parallel between the search for original legal ideas and the one for German literature: the task of the brothers Grimm. The importance of community in German tradition.