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

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PRINTED AT THE CLARENDON PRESS

BY HORACE HART, M.A

PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY

SOHM'S INSTITUTES

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