a'In aliquibus locis est consuetudo' : French lawyers and the Lombard customs of fiefs in the mid-fiefs in the mid-thirteenth century / Attilio Stella -- What does Regiam maiestatem actually say (and what does it mean)? / Alice Taylor -- James VI and I, rex et iudex : one king as judge in two kingdoms / Ian Williams -- George Harris and the comparative legal background of the first English translation of Justinian's Institutes / Łukasz Jan Korporowicz -- The nature of custom : legal science and comparative legal history in Blackstone's commentaries / Andrew J. Cecchinato -- Through a glass darkly : English common law seen through the lens of the Göttingische gelehrte anzeigen (Eighteenth Century) / Carsten Fischer -- Looking afresh at the French roots of continuous easements in English law / Ciara Kennefick -- Case law in Germany : the significance of Seuffert's Archiv / Clara Günzl -- Leone Levi (1821-1888) and the history of comparative commercial law / Annamaria Monti -- Radical title of the crown and aboriginal title : North America 1763, New South Wales 1788, and New Zealand 1840 / David V. Williams -- The High Court of Australia at mid-century : concealed frustrations, private advocacy, and the break with English law / Tanya Josev -- English societal laws as the origins of the comprehensive slave laws of the British West Indies / Justine Collins