Introduction to Roman Law: In Twelve Academical Lectures |
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Page 16
... considered all the component parts of the Corpus Juris . It was thought desirable that an introduction to the study of the law , an ele- mentary text - book for instruction , should be included in the plan . The work prepared for this ...
... considered all the component parts of the Corpus Juris . It was thought desirable that an introduction to the study of the law , an ele- mentary text - book for instruction , should be included in the plan . The work prepared for this ...
Page 50
... considered no less necessary now than it was a century ago for the thoroughly accomplished French or German jurist . This study forms a leading part in the course of law instruction as now pursued in the universities of those countries ...
... considered no less necessary now than it was a century ago for the thoroughly accomplished French or German jurist . This study forms a leading part in the course of law instruction as now pursued in the universities of those countries ...
Page 91
... considered . As early as the year 247 в . c . , a prætor peregrinus was appoint- ed in Rome , to administer law in such disputes . These peregrini ( or aliens ) could neither own any thing nor do any thing ex jure Quiritium ( by law of ...
... considered . As early as the year 247 в . c . , a prætor peregrinus was appoint- ed in Rome , to administer law in such disputes . These peregrini ( or aliens ) could neither own any thing nor do any thing ex jure Quiritium ( by law of ...
Page 92
... considered whether , on the one hand , it was conven- tional and arbitrary , or , on the other , essentially reasonable and equitable . They thus identified the jus gentium with the jus naturale , that law which springs from the ...
... considered whether , on the one hand , it was conven- tional and arbitrary , or , on the other , essentially reasonable and equitable . They thus identified the jus gentium with the jus naturale , that law which springs from the ...
Page 115
... considered as having authorized his slave to hazard that amount of capital , to incur that amount of indebtedness , but nothing more . We have thus glanced at some prominent points in the legal condition of the Roman slave . It ought to ...
... considered as having authorized his slave to hazard that amount of capital , to incur that amount of indebtedness , but nothing more . We have thus glanced at some prominent points in the legal condition of the Roman slave . It ought 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!