Beneficia imperiali e 'logica del sistema'. Spunti di metodo tra le righe di Alberto Burdese.

The contribution deals with some hermeneutical positions of classicalJurists concerning the beneficia imperialia from the point of view of theirdeviating from the ‘ratio iuris’. The Author – by recalling the metodologicalwarning of Alberto Burdese about paying vigilant and cautiousattention for the textual data – examines some sources which regard therelationship between beneficia and regulae iuris and between beneficia, aequitas,utilitas and the attribution of the interpretation of beneficia directly to theEmperor.