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... original ; as , in the literature of English law , Coke upon Littleton is much more famous than Littleton himself . In any case , the object which he aimed to accomplish was neither attainable nor desirable . To enforce any system of ...
... original ; as , in the literature of English law , Coke upon Littleton is much more famous than Littleton himself . In any case , the object which he aimed to accomplish was neither attainable nor desirable . To enforce any system of ...
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... a few in Greek and Latin at the same time . In the last case , it is curious to note that Justinian himself declares that the Latin form must be taken as the au- thentic and authoritative original , and the Greek as only 22 THE ROMAN LAW .
... a few in Greek and Latin at the same time . In the last case , it is curious to note that Justinian himself declares that the Latin form must be taken as the au- thentic and authoritative original , and the Greek as only 22 THE ROMAN LAW .
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In Twelve Academical Lectures James Hadley. thentic and authoritative original , and the Greek as only its translation ; the Latin was still regarded , by the force of old tradition , as the proper official language of the empire . The ...
In Twelve Academical Lectures James Hadley. thentic and authoritative original , and the Greek as only its translation ; the Latin was still regarded , by the force of old tradition , as the proper official language of the empire . The ...
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... original form ; and even the paraphrases and abridgments founded on it were so ill adapted to the existing state of the law , that this emperor thought it necessary to issue a compendious code of his own . This was the state of things ...
... original form ; and even the paraphrases and abridgments founded on it were so ill adapted to the existing state of the law , that this emperor thought it necessary to issue a compendious code of his own . This was the state of things ...
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... ; we have spoken of the Theodosian code com- piled in the fifth , and , above all , of the Justinian code in the sixth century . It was a period of general and great decline . Original genius is no longer to be 56 THE ROMAN LAW .
... ; we have spoken of the Theodosian code com- piled in the fifth , and , above all , of the Justinian code in the sixth century . It was a period of general and great decline . Original genius is no longer to be 56 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!