This book contains four essays: 1. Judicial Importation into Maltese Law of Italian Private Law Solutions and Its Implications2. Historical Facts and Myths surrounding the Criminal Code of Malta3. Medieval (Legal) Beasts in our Midst? A Terminological Ad Fontes Look at the Dissolution of Contracts under Maltese Law4. Latin Wine Decanted into a Semitic Carafe: The Obscure Term "Midheb" in Vassalli's Lexicon and its Possible Usefulness for the Legal HistorianIt is of interest not only to those analysing Maltese law, but also to those interested in Scots (Criminal) Law, British Imperialism, the translation of the Code Napoleon, Islamic Law, Jewish Law, and Maltese History. Read more