Professor David Pugsley is a man of many talents as well as a paradox. Although he may appear to some to be typically English, this is to overlook his cosmopolitan side. David Pugsley is a well known English Romanist and comparative lawyer who taught for many years at Exeter University, as well as in many other places in the world. In this book, specially dedicated to him, his friends and colleagues pay tribute through a series of papers on comparative law and the history of law. Le Professeur David Pugsley, homme aux multiples talents, incarne un paradoxe. Pur produit de l'intelligentia britannique, de prime abord, on le decouvre farouchement cosmopolite. David Pugsley est bien connu comme un specialiste anglais du droit romain; il est aussi un juriste renomme en droit compare. Il a enseigne durant de nombreuses annees l'Universite d'Exeter, ainsi qu'en de nombreux endroits dans le monde. Dans cet ouvrage, ses amis et collegues lui rendent hommage, au travers d'une serie de contributions dans les domaines du droit compare et de l'histoire du droit qui lui sont particulierement chers. Professor David Pugsley is a man of many talents as well as a paradox. Although he may appear to some to be typically English, this is to overlook his cosmopolitan side. David Pugsley is a well known English Romanist and comparative lawyer who taught for many years at Exeter University, as well as in many other places in the world. In this book, specially dedicated to him, his friends and colleagues pay tribute through a series of papers on comparative law and the history of law.Le Professeur David Pugsley, homme aux multiples talents, incarne un paradoxe. Pur produit de l'intelligentia britannique, de prime abord, on le decouvre farouchement cosmopolite. David Pugsley est bien connu comme un specialiste anglais du droit romain; il est aussi un juriste renomme en droit compare. Il a enseigne durant de nombreuses annees l'Universite d'Exeter, ainsi qu'en de nombreux endroits dans le monde. Dans cet ouvrage, ses amis et collegues lui rendent hommage, au travers d'une serie de contributions dans les domaines du droit compare et de l'histoire du droit qui lui sont particulierement chers.
