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... rules of law are absolute . The Romans sometimes use the term ' jus publicum ' or ' jus commune , ' in a technical sense , to express an absolute rule of law , even where such rule is one of private law . L. 38 D. de pactis ( 2 , 14 ) ...
... rules of law are absolute . The Romans sometimes use the term ' jus publicum ' or ' jus commune , ' in a technical sense , to express an absolute rule of law , even where such rule is one of private law . L. 38 D. de pactis ( 2 , 14 ) ...
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... rule of law , jurisprudence must next proceed to develop , or work out , its contents . A rule of law may be worked out either by developing the consequences which it in- volves , or by developing the wider principles which it ...
... rule of law , jurisprudence must next proceed to develop , or work out , its contents . A rule of law may be worked out either by developing the consequences which it in- volves , or by developing the wider principles which it ...
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... rules not directly contained in the sources from which we obtained our rule . The law is thus enriched , and enriched by a purely scientific method . When a given rule of law is so used as to lead us , by an inductive process , to the ...
... rules not directly contained in the sources from which we obtained our rule . The law is thus enriched , and enriched by a purely scientific method . When a given rule of law is so used as to lead us , by an inductive process , to the ...
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... rule of law to a legal relation of a somewhat similar kind . Such an analogy would be the very opposite of scientific jurisprudence . It is the application of a given rule not to a merely similar relation , but to the identical relation ...
... rule of law to a legal relation of a somewhat similar kind . Such an analogy would be the very opposite of scientific jurisprudence . It is the application of a given rule not to a merely similar relation , but to the identical relation ...
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... rules we have a number of abstract conceptions , partly of rights , partly of facts . When this is done , the abstract conceptions appear to govern those very rules of law on which , as a matter of fact , they depend , and from which ...
... rules we have a number of abstract conceptions , partly of rights , partly of facts . When this is done , the abstract conceptions appear to govern those very rules of law on which , as a matter of fact , they depend , and from which ...
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acquired action agnatic autem bonae fidei bonorum possessio causa civil law claim condemnatio condictio contract Corpus juris Corpus juris civilis correal counter-claim creditor debt debtor defendant edict effect ejus enim entitled etiam exceptio doli fact factum fideicommissum fiduciae filiusfamilias formal formula heir heredes hereditatis husband inheritance intentio inter ipso jure judex judicium juris civilis juristic act juristic person jus civile jus gentium Justinian Justinian's law legatum lege legis actio liability litis contestatio mancipatio mandatum manus marriage means nexum obligation owner ownership Pandects party patria potestas peculium person plaintiff possession potest praetor praetorian law principle private law purpose quae quam quidem quod Roman law rule servitude sive slave so-called stipulatio stricti juris sunt testamentary testator thing traditio tutela Twelve Tables ULPIAN usucapio usus veluti verbis vindicatio wife words
Popular passages
Page 58 - Jus praetorium est quod praetores introduxerunt adjuvandi vel supplendi vel corrigendi juris civilis gratia propter utilitatem publicam.
Page 48 - ... quod vero naturalis ratio inter omnes homines constituit, id apud omnes populos peraeque custoditur, vocaturque ius gentium, quasi quo iure omnes gentes utuntur.
Page 104 - Again: si quid universitati debetur, singulis non debetur, nee quod debet universitas, singuli debent.
Page 357 - ... gentiles sunt inter se, qui eodem nomine sunt.' non est satis, 'qui ab ingenuis oriundi sunt.' ne id quidem satis est. 'quorum maiorum nemo servitutem servivit.' abest etiam nunc. 'qui capite non sunt deminuti.
Page 356 - Legal' must be here understood as equivalent to ' by virtue of a law '. 1. Sunt autem adgnati per virilis sexus cognationem conjunct!, quasi a patre cognati, veluti frater eodem patre natus, fratris filius neposve ex eo, item patruus et patrui filius neposve ex eo. At qui per feminini sexus personas cognatione junguntur, non sunt adgnati, sed alias natural!
Page 309 - Cum autem emptio et venditio contracta sit (quod effici diximus, simulatque de pretio convenerit, cum sine scriptura res agitur), periculum rei venditae statim ad emptorem pertinet, tametsi adhuc ea res emptori tradita non sit.
Page 19 - Contra legem facit, qui id facit quod lex prohibet, in fraudem vero, qui salvis verbis legis sententiam eius circumvenit.
Page 16 - Publicum ius est quod ad statum rei Romanae spectat, privatum quod ad singulorum utilitatem: sunt enim quaedam publice utilia, quaedam privatim.
Page xxx - That an English writer of the time of Henry III. should have been able to put off on his countrymen as a compendium of pure English law a treatise of which the entire form and a third of the contents were directly borrowed from the Corpus Juris...