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Page 30
... and our own country from the other law- systems of Western Europe . We have now to ask what was the Roman law which remained as a rule of action for the great mass of people in Gaul , Spain , and Italy , 30 THE ROMAN LAW .
... and our own country from the other law- systems of Western Europe . We have now to ask what was the Roman law which remained as a rule of action for the great mass of people in Gaul , Spain , and Italy , 30 THE ROMAN LAW .
Page 49
... remained for many years unexecuted . After the death of Frederick it was taken up again ; the preparation occupied four years , from 1784 to 1788 , but it was not until 1794 that the new code went into effect . It was soon followed by ...
... remained for many years unexecuted . After the death of Frederick it was taken up again ; the preparation occupied four years , from 1784 to 1788 , but it was not until 1794 that the new code went into effect . It was soon followed by ...
Page 53
... remained the formal basis of Roman law , until superseded by Justinian's legislation . It has been observed already that the Roman law is not to be thought of as having had through the his- tory of the republic and the empire the same ...
... remained the formal basis of Roman law , until superseded by Justinian's legislation . It has been observed already that the Roman law is not to be thought of as having had through the his- tory of the republic and the empire the same ...
Page 108
... his personal liberty was the greatest and sorest of all : it was the maxima capitis deminutio : his legal personality was swept away : no rights , no status remained to him . ( The loss of freedom then is the 108 THE ROMAN LAW .
... his personal liberty was the greatest and sorest of all : it was the maxima capitis deminutio : his legal personality was swept away : no rights , no status remained to him . ( The loss of freedom then is the 108 THE ROMAN LAW .
Page 123
... remained in use only as a form in certain legal transactions . We are told that a creditor who knowingly received a child in pledge for a debt due from the father was visited with severe punishment . At the same time a right to hold ...
... remained in use only as a form in certain legal transactions . We are told that a creditor who knowingly received a child in pledge for a debt due from the father was visited with severe punishment . At the same time a right to hold ...
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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!