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... naturally think that there was something new and ori- ginal in a legislation which Cicero considers as almost the per- fection of human wisdom . * The fragments of the Twelve Tables which remain to us show how erroneous are these ...
... naturally think that there was something new and ori- ginal in a legislation which Cicero considers as almost the per- fection of human wisdom . * The fragments of the Twelve Tables which remain to us show how erroneous are these ...
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... natural ties , which Christianity had inspired . The disposition to get rid of many of the more peculiar features of the old Roman law , observ- able in the later legislation , was partly indeed the fruit of secular causes ; but it was ...
... natural ties , which Christianity had inspired . The disposition to get rid of many of the more peculiar features of the old Roman law , observ- able in the later legislation , was partly indeed the fruit of secular causes ; but it was ...
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... naturally be persona ; but not all those who were physically speaking , men , were personæ . Slaves , for in- stance ... natural law . It was not , however , necessary that citizenship , and membership in a family . Freedom . the person ...
... naturally be persona ; but not all those who were physically speaking , men , were personæ . Slaves , for in- stance ... natural law . It was not , however , necessary that citizenship , and membership in a family . Freedom . the person ...
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... natural basis . The tie which bound members of the same family was not that of blood ; it was their common position in the midst of an artificial system . For the formation of such a family , a legal marriage was an indispensable ...
... natural basis . The tie which bound members of the same family was not that of blood ; it was their common position in the midst of an artificial system . For the formation of such a family , a legal marriage was an indispensable ...
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... natural tie of blood . When the paterfamilias died , each of the sons became in his turn a paterfamilias ; he was now sui juris , and all his own decendants through the male line were in his power . Each of the daughters , as long as ...
... natural tie of blood . When the paterfamilias died , each of the sons became in his turn a paterfamilias ; he was now sui juris , and all his own decendants through the male line were in his power . Each of the daughters , as long as ...
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