The fruitful experience of the ius commune to the exciting challenge of the unification of European common Private law

Abstract

The priority objectives of the EU include the unification of European private law, which has already begun in some branches of the same which aims to be consummated on a general basis. Without going into what is the most appropriate instrument and method for this purpose, the truth is that the experience traveled by the Ius commune from the thirteenth century until today is a reference for the sake of building a legal science and a new prototype jurist able to adapt to the new circumstances and take up the challenge that present Ius europaeum poses..