Summa Actor Et Reus

Concept and History of Summa Actor et reus

the title given by L. Wahrmund to a procedural treatise, written during the pontificate of Gregory IX (1227-1241). It enjoyed wide distribution and was originally combined from two earlier ordines, Quidam impetravit litteras and Nos petimus. Stephan Kuttner has associated these two with the Anglo-Norman school of canon law and dated them around 1200.

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Literature

L. Fowler-Magerl, Ordo iudiciorum vel ordo iudcarius (Frankfurt/M. 1984) 203-7, 210-14; Stephan Kuttner, ‘Analecta iuridica Vaticana’, Collectanea Vaticana in honorem Anselmi M. Card. Albareda I. Studi e Testi 219 (Vatican City 1962) 415-52; J. Sayers, ‘An Evesham manuscript containing the treatise known as “Actor et Reus”, BMCL 6 (1976) 75-81; L.Wahrmund, ‘Actor et reus’, AKKR 79 (1899) 403-24, 603-28

Manuscripts

See the list in L. Fowler-Magerl (1984) 210-14.

Edition

L. Wahrmund, AKKR 79 (1899) 403-24, 603-28