Martinus Gosia

Martinus Gosia (born c. 1100, Bologna [Italy]—died c. 1166) was a jurist, one of the “four doctors” of the Bologna Law School, and an important successor of Irnerius, although probably not his pupil. Martinus, who advocated a more liberal interpretation of the law than did his Bolognese contemporary Bulgarus, gave considerable weight to equity; critics called his approach the equity of the purse (aequitas bursalis). Like Bulgarus, he was an adherent of the Holy Roman...