Divisions of Law: Legal Science in the Iuris Universi Distributio of Jean Bodin

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Daniel Lee (Professor of Political Science and Law, Professor of Political Science and Law, University of California, Berkeley) Jason Aaron Brown (Research Fellow, Research Fellow, St. Paulâs College, University of Manitoba)

Divisions of Law

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Legal Science in the Iuris Universi Distributio of Jean Bodin

Daniel Lee (Professor of Political Science and Law, Professor of Political Science and Law, University of California, Berkeley), Jason Aaron Brown (Research Fellow, Research Fellow, St. Paulâs College, University of Manitoba)

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Oxford University Press
05 March 2026

Jurisprudence & philosophy of law; Roman law; Legal history

Series: The History and Theory of International Law

Legal science begins in the early modern effort to transform the academic study of classical Roman law into a systematic, rational discipline. In Divisions of Law, Daniel Lee investigates this transformation and focuses on the achievements of one major contributor to this effort, Jean Bodin (ca.1530-1596). The volume also includes the first English translation of Bodin's Iuris Universi Distributio, prepared by Jason Aaron Brown. Remembered today for his work concerning the theory of state sovereignty, historical methodology, and religious toleration, Bodin was formally trained as a lawyer during a golden age of French jurisprudence. In that context, he authored a groundbreaking legal treatise, the Iuris Universi Distributio, that aspired to outline the essential elements of all legal systems in history. The author examines how early modern legal science broke away from the techniques of medieval jurisprudence, and how Bodin reorganized the whole of Roman law into a more orderly and rational system using the methods of Ramism, ultimately crafting a theory of justice modelled on the Pythagorean ideal of harmony. By studying Bodin's legal reasoning, Divisions of Law invites specialists in jurisprudence, legal history, and the history of political thought to understand how jurisprudence became a science.

By: Daniel Lee (Professor of Political Science and Law Professor of Political Science and Law University of California Berkeley)
Translated by: Jason Aaron Brown (Research Fellow Research Fellow St. Paulâs College University of Manitoba)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 13mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 234mm
Weight: 468g
ISBN: 9780198810483
ISBN 10: 0198810482
Series: The History and Theory of International Law
Pages: 206
Publication Date: 05 March 2026
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Daniel Lee is Professor of Political Science and Law at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a specialist in the history of political thought and jurisprudence, with a special focus on the influence of Roman law on modern jurisprudence and social science. His other major works include Popular Sovereignty in Early Modern Constitutional Thought and The Right of Sovereignty, also published by Oxford University Press. Jason Aaron Brown is a Research Fellow at St. Paul's College in the University of Manitoba and the author of St Antoninus of Florence on Trade, Merchants, and Workers. His scholarship centers on medieval legal and pastoral literature. He has taught history, Latin, and manuscript studies at the University of Manitoba, University of Winnipeg, and Durham University.