School of Law

Prof Ernest Metzger

  • Professor - Douglas Chair in Civil Law (Law)

telephone: 01413306380
email: Ernest.Metzger@glasgow.ac.uk


 Professor Metzger joined the School of Law in the autumn of 2006.  Formerly he was Professor of Civil and Comparative Law at the University of Aberdeen.  His principal areas of research are Roman and civil law, and in particular the law of procedure.

In the United States he served as a Judicial Law Clerk for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, and the Texas Court of Appeals. He is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association and the State Bar of Texas.

He is the author of A New Outline of the Roman Civil Trial (1997) and Litigation in Roman Law (2005), both from the Oxford University Press, and editor of A Companion to Justinian's Institutes (Bristol U.P & Cornell U.P., 1998); Law for All Times: Essays in Memory of David Daube (Roman Law Society of America, 2004); and David Daube: ACentenary Celebration (Traditio iuris romani, 2010). He prepared a revised edition of Barry Nicholas' Introduction to Roman Law in 2008. His articles and reviews have appeared in Classical Review; Edinburgh Law Review; Irish Jurist; Journal of Legal History; Journal of Roman Studies; Law and History Review; Revue Internationale des Droits de l'Antiquité; Roman Legal Tradition; Studia et Documenta Historiae et Iuris; Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis; Zeitschrift für Papyrologik und Epigraphik; and Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte.

He is Editor-in-Chief of Roman Legal Tradition, a journal devoted to the civil law tradition in the ancient, medieval, and modern law. He is also creator and editor of IusCivile.com, an internet portal for Roman law. He serves on the councils of the Scottish Universities Law Institute and the Stair Society. He is co-editor of ELR: European Legal Roots.

Research Interests

Roman law.  Roman civil procedure. Scottish Enlightenment.

Papers on the SSRN

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2012

Metzger, E (2012) Litigation. In: Johnston, D. (ed.) The Cambridge Companion to Roman Law. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. (In Press)

Metzger, E (2012) Remedy of Prohibition in Roman Civil Trials. In: Brand, P. and Getzler, J. (eds.) Judges and Judging in the History of the Common Law: From Antiquity to Modern Times. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. (In Press)

Metzger, E. (2012) Law and procedure, Rome: Civil procedure [additions and revisions to]. In: Hornblower, S., Spawforth, A. and Eidinow, E. (eds.) Oxford Classical Dictionary. 4th edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199567386

Metzger, E. (2012) Vindex; Vadimonium. In: Bagnall, R. (ed.) The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. Blackwell Publishing Ltd., Oxford. ISBN 9781405179355 (In Press)

Metzger, E. (2012) Alan Ferguson Rodger (1944-2011). Ivra, 60 . ISSN 0021-3241 (In Press)

Metzger, E. (2012) Obligations in classical procedure. In: The Roman Law of Obligations: Past, Present, and Future. University of Michigan Press, An Arbor, MI. USA. (In Press)

2010

Metzger, E., ed. (2010) David Daube: A Centenary Celebration. Traditio luris Romani, Glasgow, UK, p. 180. ISBN 9780956642301

Metzger, E (2010) Adam Smith's Historical Jurisprudence and the 'Method of the Civilians'. Loyola Law Review, 56 . pp. 1-31. ISSN 0192-9720

Metzger, E (2010) Remarks on David Daube’s Lectures on Sale, with Special Attention to the liber homo and res extra commercium. In: Metzger, E (ed.) David Daube: A Centenary Celebration. Traditio Iuris Romani, Glasgow, pp. 101-126. ISBN 9780956642301

Metzger, E (2010) Review of C. Anderson, Roman Law [2009]. Scots Law Times . ISSN 0036-908X

Metzger, E. (2010) Civil Procedure in Classical Rome: Having an audience with the magistrate. In: de Angelis, F. and Harris, W. (eds.) Spaces of Justice in the Roman World. Series: Columbia Studies in the Classical Tradition (35). Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands, pp. 27-41. ISBN 9789004189256

2009

Metzger, E (2009) Formula. In: Katz, S.N. (ed.) Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195134056

Metzger, E (2009) Lex Irnitana. In: Katz, Stanley N. (ed.) Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195134056

Metzger, E. (2009) Adam Smith’s historical jurisprudence and the "method of the civilians". In: Smith in Glasgow '09, 31 March - 2 April 2009, Glasgow, UK.

Metzger, E. (2009) Formula. In: Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History. Oxford University Press, New York.

Metzger, Ernest (2009) Remedy of prohibition against Roman judges in civil trials. In: Eighteenth British Legal History Conference, 4-7 July 2007, St Catherine's College, Oxford. (In Press)

2008

Metzger, E. (2008) Obligations in classical procedure. In: The Future of Obligations, 12-14 March 2008, Rome.

Nicholas, B. , and Metzger, E (2008) Introduction to Roman Law. Oxford University Press, Oxford. ISBN 0198760639

2007

Metzger, E (2007) [Literatur: J. Platschek, Studien zu Ciceros Rede für P. Quinctius, 2005]. Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte, romanistische Abteilung, 124 . pp. 669-671.

Metzger, E. (2007) Lawsuits in context. In: Cairns, J.W. and du Plessis, P. (eds.) Beyond Dogmatics: Law and Society in the Roman World. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, pp. 187-205. ISBN 9780748627936

2006

Metzger, E (2006) Absent Parties and Bloody-Minded Judges. In: Burrows, A. and Rodger, A. (eds.) Mapping the Law. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 455-473. ISBN 978-0-19-920655-1

Metzger, E (2006) A Fragment of Ulpian on acceptilatio and intertium. Studia et Documenta Historiae et Iuris, 72 .

Metzger, E (2006) Johannes Platschek, Studien zu Ciceros Rede für P. Quinctius: Review. Roman Legal Tradition, 3 . pp. 135-137. ISSN 1943-6483

Metzger, E. (2006) The buyer who wants to pay more. Roman Legal Tradition, 3 . pp. 115-122. ISSN 1551-1375

2005

Metzger, E (2005) Clytemnestra's Watchman on the Roof. Eranos, 103 . pp. 38-47. ISSN 0013-9947

Metzger, E (2005) Review of: J. Powell and J. Paterson (edd.), Cicero the Advocate. The Times Higher Education Supplement, 718 . pp. 24-25.

Metzger, E. (2005) Clytaemnestra's watchman on the roof. Eranos, 103 . pp. 38-47. ISSN 0013-9947

2004

Metzger, E (2004) Postscript on nova species and Kinloch Damph Ltd. v. Nordvik Salmon Farms Ltd. Roman Legal Tradition, 2 . pp. 115-121. ISSN 1943-6483

Metzger, E (2004) Quare? Argument in David Daube, after Karl Popper. Roman Legal Tradition, 2 . pp. 27-58. ISSN 1943-6483

Metzger, E (2004) Review of: E. Meyer, Legitimacy and Law in the Roman World. The Irish Jurist (n s ), 39 . pp. 373-374.

Metzger, E (2004) Review of: L. de Ligt, et al. (edd.), Viva Vox Iuris Romani. Classical Review, 54 . pp. 526-527.

Metzger, E. (2004) Adam Smith and Roman servitudes. Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis, 72 (3-4). pp. 327-357. ISSN 0040-7585

Metzger, E. (2004) Entries on Roman and civil law. In: Garner, B.A. (ed.) Black's Law Dictionary. Thomson/West. ISBN 9780314151995

Metzger, E. (2004) Roman judges, case law, and principles of procedure. Law and History Review, 22 (2). pp. 243-275. ISSN 0738-2480

Metzger, E. (2004) Acquisition of living things by specification. Edinburgh Law Review, 8 (1). pp. 112-115. ISSN 1364-9809 (doi:10.3366/elr.2004.8.1.115)

Metzger, E. (2004) Postscript on nova species and Kinloch Dampf Ltd. v. Nordvic Salmon Farms Ltd. Roman Legal Tradition, 2 . pp. 115-121. ISSN 1551-1375

Metzger, E. (2004) Quare? Argument in David Daube, after Karl Popper. Roman Legal Tradition, 2 . pp. 27-58. ISSN 1551-1375

2003

Metzger, E. (2003) Adam Smith, 'Theory of Moral Sentiments', K. Haakonssen (ed.): Review. Edinburgh Law Review, 7 (2). pp. 260-262. ISSN 1755-1692 (doi:10.3366/elr.2003.7.2.260)

2002

Metzger, E (2002) Review of L. Fanizza, L'Amministrazione della giustizia nel principato. , 119 . pp. 610-611.

2001

Metzger, E (2001) Gai Institutiones III 88-181. Die Kontraktsobligationen: Text und Kommentar: H.L.W. Nelson & U. Manthe: Book Review. The Journal of Legal History, 22 (3). pp. 89-90. ISSN 0144-0365

Metzger, E (2001) Review of G. Camodeca, Tabulae Pompeianae Sulpiciorum (TPSulp.): Edizione critica del archivio puteolano dei Sulpicii. Journal of Roman Studies, 91 . pp. 234-236.

2000

Metzger, E. (2000) The current view of the extra-judicial vadimonium. Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte, romanistische Abteiliung, 117 . pp. 133-178. ISSN 0323-4096

Metzger, E. (2000) The case of Petronia Iusta. Revue Internationale des Droit de l'Antiquité (3rd series), 47 . pp. 151-165. ISSN 0556-7939

1998

Metzger, E (1998) Review of M.H. Hoeflich, Roman and Civil Law and the Development of Anglo-American Jurisprudence in the Nineteenth Century. Jurist Books-on-Law .

Metzger, E. (1998) Actions. In: A Companion to Justinian's Institutes. Duckworth, pp. 208-228. ISBN 0715627988

Metzger, E. (1998) Actions. In: Metzger, E. (ed.) A Companion to Justinian's Institutes. Duckworth/Cornell University Press, pp. 208-228. ISBN 0715627988

Robinson, Olivia (1998) Criminal Trials. In: Metzger, E (ed.) A Companion to Justinian's Institutes. Cornell University Press, pp. 229-242. ISBN 0715627988

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