SOHM'S INSTITUTES

LEDLIE

London

HENRY FROWDE, M.A.

PUBLISHER TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

DOM MINA
INVS TIO

ILLV MEA

AND

STEVENS AND SONS, LIMITED

A TEXT-BOOK OF THE HISTORY AND

SYSTEM OF ROMAN PRIVATE LAW

BY

RUDOLPH SOHM

PROFESSOR OF GERMAN LAW AND ECCLESIASTICAL LAW IN THE
UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG

TRANSLATED BY

JAMES CRAWFORD LEDLIE, B.C.L., M.A.

OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW

AND OF LINCOLN COLLEGE, oxford

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY

ERWIN GRUEBER, DR. JUR., M.A.

OF BALLIOL COLLEGE, OXFORD

PROFESSOR OF ROMAN LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH
LATE DEPUTY REGIUS PROFESSOR OF CIVIL LAW AND READER IN ROMAN LAW
IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

SECOND EDITION

OXFORD

AT THE CLARENDON PRESS

LONDON AND NEW YORK: HENRY FROWDE

ALSO SOLD BY

STEVENS & SONS, LIMITED, 119 & 120 CHANCERY LANE, LONDON.