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... for several centuries confined to some parts and cities of Italy . THE subject , on which I am to give you a few lec- tures , is the Civil Law - the Roman Law - its History and System . My desire , of course , is 2 THE ROMAN LAW .
... for several centuries confined to some parts and cities of Italy . THE subject , on which I am to give you a few lec- tures , is the Civil Law - the Roman Law - its History and System . My desire , of course , is 2 THE ROMAN LAW .
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... civil law , figure largely in the Codex , as they were among the most frequent subjects of legis- lation for Constantine and his successors . But the series of great law - writers had come to an end some time before Christianity ...
... civil law , figure largely in the Codex , as they were among the most frequent subjects of legis- lation for Constantine and his successors . But the series of great law - writers had come to an end some time before Christianity ...
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... civil law as devel- oped and applied on the continent of Europe .- ( Early borrowing from Roman law sources seen in Bracton . ) The position of the Roman law in some countries has been lowered in appearance by the formation of new codes ...
... civil law as devel- oped and applied on the continent of Europe .- ( Early borrowing from Roman law sources seen in Bracton . ) The position of the Roman law in some countries has been lowered in appearance by the formation of new codes ...
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... civil law has been regarded with a feel- ing less favorable than mere indifference , with a tinge of jealousy or repugnance . Blackstone , the great ex- positor of the common law , seldom speaks of the civil law except in terms of ...
... civil law has been regarded with a feel- ing less favorable than mere indifference , with a tinge of jealousy or repugnance . Blackstone , the great ex- positor of the common law , seldom speaks of the civil law except in terms of ...
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... civil law into England , and represents them as made by popish ecclesiastics in the interest of the papacy . It is probably true that , among the English of those times , a knowledge of the civil law was pretty much confined to ...
... civil law into England , and represents them as made by popish ecclesiastics in the interest of the papacy . It is probably true that , among the English of those times , a knowledge of the civil law was pretty much confined to ...
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Page 49 - ... conqueror of Italy, humbler of Germany, terror of the North — saw him account all his matchless victories poor compared with the triumph you are now in a condition to win — saw him contemn the fickleness of Fortune, while, in despite of her, he could pronounce his memorable boast, " I shall go down to posterity with the Code in my hand!