Inaugural Cambridge-Edinburgh Roman Law Moot announced
Tue 11 August 2020
The Centre for Legal History has launched the Cambridge-Edinburgh Roman Law Moot, in collaboration with the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge. The inaugural moot is to take place on Thursday 10th September 2020.
The Cambridge-Edinburgh Roman Law Moot offers students an exciting new forum for intellectual and social exchange at the heart of the Western legal tradition. With the participation of the University of Edinburgh Mooting Society and the Cambridge University Law Society, the Moot pits teams of four undergraduates from each University against one another to argue a dispute in Roman private law set in the reign of the Emperor Justinian the Great (527–565 CE).
The libellus for the inaugural Moot involves claims of damnum iniuria (loss and damage to property) and iniuria (outrage), and associated subtleties connected with the law of property and burial.
It is anticipated that Moot will take place annually in the autumn, alternately hosted in Edinburgh and Cambridge. It is hoped that future competitions will be held in person and a perpetual trophy will be presented at a dinner for all participants at the conclusion of the Moot, together with a Præmium Optimi Oratoris sive Best Oralist Award.
Image credit: Detail of a historiated initial with a portrait of a famous man, at the beginning of a biography. BL MS Harley 3485. f. 122. Further info