Essays in Maltese Legal History and Comparative Law

This book contains four essays: 1. Judicial Importation into Maltese Law of Italian Private Law Solutions and Its Implications 2. Historical Facts and Myths surrounding the Criminal Code of Malta 3. Medieval (Legal) Beasts in our Midst? A Terminological Ad Fontes Look at the Dissolution of Contracts under Maltese Law 4. Latin Wine Decanted into a Semitic Carafe: The Obscure Term "Midheb" in Vassalli's Lexicon and its Possible Usefulness for the Legal Historian It is of interest not only to those analysing Maltese law, but also to those interested in Scots (Criminal) Law, British Imperialism, the translation of the Code Napoleon, Islamic Law, Jewish Law, and Maltese History.