| Administrative History | Francis de Zulueta (1878-1958) was the son of Senor Don Pedro de Zulueta, sometime Secretary of the Spanish Embassy in London, and Laura Mary Sheil, daughter of Sir Justin Sheil, KCB. He graduated from New College, Oxford, c 1902, and after fellowships in several of the Oxford Colleges, became Regius Professor of Law at All Souls College, Oxford, 1919-1948. He received honorary doctorates from the University of Aberdeen and the University of Paris.
He specialised in, and published several works on, ancient Roman law, including 'Patronage in the Later Empire', Oxford studies in social and legal history, 1 (Oxford, 1909); 'The Liber Pauperum of Vacarius', Selden Society Publications, 44 (London: Quaritch, 1927); 'The Roman Law of Sale' (Oxford: Clarendon, 1945); and 'Institutes of Gaius' (Oxford: Clarendon, 1946).
For further details see 'Who was Who', 1951 - 1960. |
| Description | Small collection of personal papers relating to the research and publications of Francis de Zulueta (1878-1958). The collection comprises photographs, transcripts, notes, and memoranda of and relating to early legal manuscripts; drafts, supplements, and typescripts of various papers and publications, including 'The Liber Pauperum of Vacarius', ed. by Francis de Zulueta, Selden Society Publications, 44 (London: Quaritch, 1927), and 'Don Antonio Augustin', 8th lecture of the David Murray Foundation, Glasgow, August 1939; offprints of Zulueta's publications, with some related correspondence and comment from scholars; miscellaneous correspondence with colleagues and others re legal manuscripts, research and publications. Also, his library catalogue. |
| Finding Aids | For further details on the scope and contents of Francis de Zulueta's library, see Gero Dolezalek, 'Books and Papers of the late Francis de Zulueta (1878-1958): Regius Professor of Law at Oxford 1919-1948' (n.p., n.pub., 1996). A copy is deposited in Aberdeen University Law Library: Law, Ref 340.54 Dol. and there is also a copy in the archives Deposit file. All the details relating to the contents of MS 2785 in that report are incorporated into this catalogue under the descriptions of the individual items, and referenced here as "Dolezalek 1996". The arrangement as reflected in this report has also been maintained. |