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Page xiv
... period of the codification of Justinian . Thus the complete absence of anything like historical criticism is the first characteristic of their own interpretation . But the medieval jurists considered themselves bound not only by the ...
... period of the codification of Justinian . Thus the complete absence of anything like historical criticism is the first characteristic of their own interpretation . But the medieval jurists considered themselves bound not only by the ...
Page xv
... period of the glossators . With it the productive power of the analytical method is exhausted . The writings of the Italian jurists who followed Accursius , the so - called commentators or post - glossators , or to use a term familiar ...
... period of the glossators . With it the productive power of the analytical method is exhausted . The writings of the Italian jurists who followed Accursius , the so - called commentators or post - glossators , or to use a term familiar ...
Page xvi
... period of the commentators has rightly been described as one of decline . Yet , if we consider the development of law in general , the period is not without very considerable merits . In order to appreciate these merits it is necessary ...
... period of the commentators has rightly been described as one of decline . Yet , if we consider the development of law in general , the period is not without very considerable merits . In order to appreciate these merits it is necessary ...
Page xxii
... period ( and foremost among them Carpzow and Mevius ) devoted their energies to a study of the law as applied in actual life , i . e . the decisions of the courts . 1 See Stintzing , Geschichte der deutschen Rechtswissenschaft , vol ...
... period ( and foremost among them Carpzow and Mevius ) devoted their energies to a study of the law as applied in actual life , i . e . the decisions of the courts . 1 See Stintzing , Geschichte der deutschen Rechtswissenschaft , vol ...
Page xxiv
... period extending over more than two thousand years , were , of course , not in harmony with one another ; but still less were they in harmony with the principles underlying the institutions of German origin which had prevailed to a ...
... period extending over more than two thousand years , were , of course , not in harmony with one another ; but still less were they in harmony with the principles underlying the institutions of German origin which had prevailed to a ...
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acquired action agnatic autem bona fide bonorum possessio capacity capitis deminutio causa century civil law claim Code condemnatio condemned contract Corpus juris civilis correal creditor debt debtor decemviri defendant Digest effect ejus emperor entitled exceptio doli fact fidei fiduciae filiusfamilias formal formula formulary procedure Gajus German glossators heir inheritance Institutes intentio ipso jure judex judicial judicium jure cessio jurisprudence juristic act juristic person jus civile jus gentium Justinian leges legis actio liability litis contestatio magistrate mancipatio manus injectio means merely nexum obligation owner ownership Pandects Papinian parties patria potestas person plaintiff possession potest praetor praetorian edict praetorian law principle private law proceedings purpose quae quod Röm Roman citizen Roman law sense servitude slave so-called stipulatio stricti juris sunt thing traditio transaction Twelve Tables ULPIAN usucapio usus words
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Page 58 - Jus praetorium est quod praetores introduxerunt adjuvandi vel supplendi vel corrigendi juris civilis gratia propter utilitatem publicam.
Page 48 - ... quod vero naturalis ratio inter omnes homines constituit, id apud omnes populos peraeque custoditur, vocaturque ius gentium, quasi quo iure omnes gentes utuntur.
Page xxx - That an English writer of the time of Henry III. should have been able to put off on his countrymen as a compendium of pure English law a treatise of which the entire form and a third of the contents were directly borrowed from the Corpus Juris...
Page 344 - Est etiam alia species imaginariae solutionis per aes et libram ; quod et ipsum genus certis in causis receptum est, veluti si quid eo nomine debeatur quod per aes et libram gestum sit, sive quid ex judicati causa debeatur.
Page 358 - Legal' must be here understood as equivalent to ' by virtue of a law '. 1. Sunt autem adgnati per virilis sexus cognationem conjunct!, quasi a patre cognati, veluti frater eodem patre natus, fratris filius neposve ex eo, item patruus et patrui filius neposve ex eo. At qui per feminini sexus personas cognatione junguntur, non sunt adgnati, sed alias natural!
Page 311 - Cum autem emptio et venditio contracta sit (quod effici diximus, simulatque de pretio convenerit, cum sine scriptura res agitur), periculum rei venditae statim ad emptorem pertinet, tametsi adhuc ea res emptori tradita non sit.
Page 19 - Contra legem facit, qui id facit quod lex prohibet, in fraudem vero, qui salvis verbis legis sententiam eius circumvenit.
Page 16 - Publicum ius est quod ad statum rei Romanae spectat, privatum quod ad singulorum utilitatem: sunt enim quaedam publice utilia, quaedam privatim.
Page 235 - Traditio nihil amplius transferre debet vel potest ad eum, qui accipit, quam est apud eum, qui tradit. Si igitur quis dominium in fundo habuit, id tradendo transfert, si non habuit, ad eum qui accipit, nihil transfert.
Page 142 - Is cui bonis interdictum est stipulando sibi adquirit, tradere vero non potest vel promittendo obligari : et ideo nee fidejussor pro eo intervenire poterit, sicut nee pro furioso. III. All persons not specified in classes (i) and (ii) have full legal capacity for all juristic acts, including therefore the capacity to incur contractual liabilities of their own. According to Roman law, then, minors who are above the age of puberty, but under twenty§ 44.