The Institutes of Justinian: With English Introduction, Translation, and Notes (Classic Reprint)

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The object of the work is to aid those who desire to use the 'institutes 'as an introduction to the study of Roman law. Or who wish to find in one volume the means of gaining a general acquaintance with the history, principles, and contents of Roman law.

In the Introduction I have endeavoured to give such a general sketch of Roman law and its history as will prepare readers for the details of the work itself. The translation aims at rendering the text in language intelligible to those who have not, as well as to those who have, a long ac quaintance with Latin. The notes are intended to embody such information as is necessary to elucidate the text, or to give the results of successive legal changes. In the Summary at the end of the volume I have attempted to arrange in a methodical form the principal contents of the text and the notes.

The value of the 'institutes 18 that of an elementary work, and the value of an elementary work is destroyed if it is made too long and difficult. I have, therefore.

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