INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF JUSTINIAN'S DIGEST CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF ITS COMPOSITION OF THE JURISTS USED OR REFERRED TO THEREIN

Roby, Henry John

Item #: 7024
Published: Union; Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.; 2000.

Subjects: ROMAN LAW

This authoritative introduction to a scholarly study ofJustinian's Digest provides more than an explanation andanalysis of the legal arrangement and the components them-selves, although those are key features of the work. Hecompares points, extracts, and other legal sources, makesrecommendations for citing the Digest. A number of chaptersare given over to the jurists. The Appendix lays out theorganizational structure of the Digest and includes achronological table of Emperors and major events. With aninteresting chapter entitled "Of Lawyers' Latin" whichincludes technical phrases encountered in the Digest...Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection of New YorkUniversity (1953) 115.Reprinted by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.Distributed by William S. Hein & Co., Inc.

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