The Digest of Justinian, Volume 3

The Digest of Justinian, Volume 3

Author: Alan Watson

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2011-06-24

Total Pages: 513

ISBN-13: 0812205537

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When Justinian became sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire in A.D. 527, he ordered the preparation of three compilations of Roman law that together formed the Corpus Juris Civilis. These works have become known individually as the Code, which collected the legal pronouncements of the Roman emperors, the Institutes, an elementary student's textbook, and the Digest, by far the largest and most highly prized of the three compilations. The Digest was assembled by a team of sixteen academic lawyers commissioned by Justinian in 533 to cull everything of value from earlier Roman law. It was for centuries the focal point of legal education in the West and remains today an unprecedented collection of the commentaries of Roman jurists on the civil law. Commissioned by the Commonwealth Fund in 1978, Alan Watson assembled a team of thirty specialists to produce this magisterial translation, which was first completed and published in 1985 with Theodor Mommsen's Latin text of 1878 on facing pages. This paperback edition presents a corrected English-language text alone, with an introduction by Alan Watson. Links to the three other volumes in the set: Volume 1 [Books 1-15]Volume 2 [Books 16-29]Volume 4 [Books 41-50]


The Digest of Justinian

The Digest of Justinian

Author: Alan Watson

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2009-03

Total Pages: 768

ISBN-13: 9780812220360

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The most famous and influential collection of legal materials in world history, now available in a four-volume English-language paperback edition.


The Codex of Justinian

The Codex of Justinian

Author: Bruce W. Frier

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 3364

ISBN-13: 0521196825

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The first reliable annotated English translation, with original texts, of one of the central sources of the Western legal tradition.


Justinian's Digest

Justinian's Digest

Author: Tony Honoré

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2010-07-15

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 0199593302

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This book collects Honoré's groundbreaking work on the composition of Justinian's Digest, among the most important texts in Roman Law. It reconstructs the methodology of the Digest's composition, and examines the broader issues raised by the Digest's creation - how it was conceived by its compilers, its purpose, and its impact.


The Digest of Roman Law

The Digest of Roman Law

Author: Justinian I (Emperor of the East)

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 1979-06-28

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 0140443436

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The Civil Law of Rome in its developed form -- in its clarity, simplicity and orderliness -- is undoubtedly one of the supreme achievements of the human mind and spirit. Brought to its finest flowering by the Emperor Justinian, it has had a continuing and pervading influence on subsequent civilizations. Soon after becoming emperor, Justinian put in train the codification of the law, which had evolved over thirteen centuries. In 533 the Commission, headed by 'the eminent Tribonian', published "The digest", their most celebrated and substantial work. The selections contained in this volume constitute the Roman law of delicts. Most of the cases discussed arise from everyday events and provide a fascinating picture of the ordinary life of the Roman world: from town to country and from cool villa to densely packed tenement. [Back cover].


Roman Law & Comparative Law

Roman Law & Comparative Law

Author: Alan Watson

Publisher: University of Georgia Press

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 0820312614

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Provides a comprehensive description of the system of Roman law, discussing slavery, property, contracts, delicts and succession. Also examines the ways in which Roman law influenced later legal systems such as the structure of European legal systems, tort law in the French civil code, differences between contract law in France and Germany, parameters of judicial reasoning, feudal law, and the interests of governments in making and communicating law.


Law Out of Context

Law Out of Context

Author: Alan Watson

Publisher: University of Georgia Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 9780820321615

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Law and society are closely related, though the relationship between the two is both complicated and understudied. In a world of rapidly changing people, places, and ideas, law is frequently taken out of context, often with surprising and unnecessary consequences. As societies and their structures, religious doctrines, and economies change, laws previously established often remain unchanged. Dominant nations frequently impose their own laws on weaker nations, whether or not their cultures are similar. Conquered nations, after regaining freedom, often keep their conquerors' laws by default. Law is often misrepresented in literature, and legal scholars, citizens, and businesspeople alike ignore large portions of the legislation under which they live and work. Even the American system of legal education frequently proves itself irrelevant to a proper understanding of today's laws. Alan Watson studies examples from the ancient laws of Rome and Byzantium, laws within the Christian Gospels, and policies of legal education in the modern United States to demonstrate the need for a new approach to both law and legal education. Law Out of Context illustrates that only by understanding comparative legal history and by paying more attention to changes in our society can we hope to devise consistently fair and respected laws.


Justinian's Digest 9.2.51 in the Western Legal Canon

Justinian's Digest 9.2.51 in the Western Legal Canon

Author: Wolfgang Ernst

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781780688329

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For a millennium, Roman Law has been part and parcel of the Western legal canon. This book follows the interpretation efforts triggered by a specific problem concerning multiple tortfeasors' liabilities for homicide. The complete evolution of Roman law scholarship is reflected in the discussions of one single problem.