Lesson 15 -- 2024-11-15

Statutory legislation in Venice: comparison with statutory legislation of the autonomous cities within the Holy Roman Empire; difference from the ordinary legislation of the Venetian Councils and magistrates; the principle of consent; extended procedure involving the constituent approbation of the assembly; the double aim of publicity and of agreement. Early statutes in Codex Marcianus Latinus CXXX in the BNM; legification of preexisting customs, both substantial and procedural, for consistency in application; introduction of the new legal institute of venditiones ad usum novum, with faster finalization of estate transfers, involvement of the State in the evaluation of prices on the land market and direct acquisition of estates at a discount. Jacopo Tiepolo and Statutum Novum, a consolidating restatement of earlier statutory legislation in five books and three prologues; further additions with Liber Sextus under Andrea Dandolo and later correzioni.