Jacobus Balduinus

Jacobus Balduinus was an Italian jurist.
Balduinus was born in Bologna probably about 1175, and is reputed to have been of a noble family. He was a pupil of Azo, and the master of Odofredus, of the canonist Hostiensis, and of Jacobus de Ravanis, who taught at Orléans. His great fame as a professor of civil law at the University of Bologna caused Balduinus to be elected podestà of the city of Genoa, where he was entrusted with the reforms of the law of the Genoese Republic. He died at Bologna in 1235, and has left behind him some treatises on procedure.

Biography

He was born in Bologna probably around 1175, reputedly from a noble family. He was a contemporary of Albert of Pavia, a student of Azo of Bologna and teacher of Odofredo, the canonist Hostiensis and Jacobus de Ravanis, who taught at Orléans.
His great fame as a professor of Civil law at the University of Bologna caused Balduino to be elected podestà of the city of Genoa, where he was entrusted with reforming the laws of the Republic of Genoa.
He died in Bologna in 1235, leaving several treatises on Trial, the first of their kind.