Roman Private Law: Founded on the Institutes' of Gaius & Justinian - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1561690708 ISBN 13: 9781561690701

Synopsis

This is an attempt to meet a want which I have felt in teaching Roman Law at Oxford, viz. some book which is content to give, as simply as possible, the subject-matter of the Institutes of Gains and Justinian, following, in the main, the original order of treatment. It has proved impossible to keep strictly within these limits, and while I have sometimes judged it expedient to omit minor details of little practical importance, such as some of the degrees of cognatic relationship, I have also found it necessary, in order to make a coherent statement, to add information not contained in the I nstitutes, but derived from the Digest, Code, Novels, or from modern Civilians. In some cases, where the evidence is weak or controversy rages, I have ventured to state dogmatically what in a more pretentious work would require qualification. The Historical Introduction presupposes a knowledge of the elements of Roman Constitutional History.
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Edition details

• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1561690708
• ISBN 13: 9781561690701
• Binding: Hardcover