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... extent . The works to be digested were by thirty - nine authors , and con- sisted of about 2,000 books , in the Roman sense , according to which Caesar's " Gallic War " would be reckoned , not as one book , but as eight books . It was ...
... extent . The works to be digested were by thirty - nine authors , and con- sisted of about 2,000 books , in the Roman sense , according to which Caesar's " Gallic War " would be reckoned , not as one book , but as eight books . It was ...
Page 11
... extent . The Digest is , in fact , the soul of the Corpus , which , with- out it , would seem almost a cadaver , the corpse or skeleton of itself . It is the characteristic element , which distinguishes this from other codes , ancient ...
... extent . The Digest is , in fact , the soul of the Corpus , which , with- out it , would seem almost a cadaver , the corpse or skeleton of itself . It is the characteristic element , which distinguishes this from other codes , ancient ...
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... extent than the Digest , of public law , in all its departments ; that is , the law which pre- scribes and regulates the organism of the state , with all state institutions , whether civil or ecclesiastical . Here belongs all that ...
... extent than the Digest , of public law , in all its departments ; that is , the law which pre- scribes and regulates the organism of the state , with all state institutions , whether civil or ecclesiastical . Here belongs all that ...
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... extent , based on principles of natural equity and universal reason , which have not lost their force with the altered circumstances and ad- vanced civilization of more recent times . Hence , it has been received as fundamental law by ...
... extent , based on principles of natural equity and universal reason , which have not lost their force with the altered circumstances and ad- vanced civilization of more recent times . Hence , it has been received as fundamental law by ...
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... extent but little more than a twen- tieth of the Digest , to which it stands in the place of an introduction . It bears the name of " Institutiones , " i.e. , instructions , viz . , for the beginner ; a name significant of the purpose ...
... extent but little more than a twen- tieth of the Digest , to which it stands in the place of an introduction . It bears the name of " Institutiones , " i.e. , instructions , viz . , for the beginner ; a name significant of the purpose ...
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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!