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... course at Harvard , where , I am assured , they were exceedingly well received . The success which these lectures met with seems to have suggested to Professor Hadley their publication . At least after his death , November 14 , 1872 ...
... course at Harvard , where , I am assured , they were exceedingly well received . The success which these lectures met with seems to have suggested to Professor Hadley their publication . At least after his death , November 14 , 1872 ...
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... 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 .
... 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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In Twelve Academical Lectures James Hadley. and System . My desire , of course , is to give you all the information I can , in the very scanty time allowed to us . But I shall try to remember that you are hear- ers only , not readers ...
In Twelve Academical Lectures James Hadley. and System . My desire , of course , is to give you all the information I can , in the very scanty time allowed to us . But I shall try to remember that you are hear- ers only , not readers ...
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... course of centuries , to extensive and radical transformations of the system . The Corpus Juris Civilis represents only one phase , the latest phase , of this long development . It has , how- ever , a preëminent importance , because the ...
... course of centuries , to extensive and radical transformations of the system . The Corpus Juris Civilis represents only one phase , the latest phase , of this long development . It has , how- ever , a preëminent importance , because the ...
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... thus - 1 . Orationes , or proposals of laws submitted to the Senate for their action , the submission being a mere form , as the Senate , of course , ratified what the emperor proposed ; 2. Edicta , laws which 6 THE ROMAN LAW .
... thus - 1 . Orationes , or proposals of laws submitted to the Senate for their action , the submission being a mere form , as the Senate , of course , ratified what the emperor proposed ; 2. Edicta , laws which 6 THE ROMAN LAW .
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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!