Written to accompany the Birks and McLeod translation of "Justinian's Institutes", this book takes up all the principal subjects in the "Institutes" and gives a description of the law on each subject, including chapters on: the sources of law; the law of persons; the law of property; the law of succession; the law of obligations; the law of actions; and criminal trials. Each chapter gives comprehensive guidance on ancient and modern sources and contains a bibliography for further reading. The technical legal vocabulary used ...
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Written to accompany the Birks and McLeod translation of "Justinian's Institutes", this book takes up all the principal subjects in the "Institutes" and gives a description of the law on each subject, including chapters on: the sources of law; the law of persons; the law of property; the law of succession; the law of obligations; the law of actions; and criminal trials. Each chapter gives comprehensive guidance on ancient and modern sources and contains a bibliography for further reading. The technical legal vocabulary used in both books is set out in detail, and tables of authorities are included. The book is suitable as a student textbook commenting on a source fundamental to the study of Roman Law.
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Minor rubbing. A label to rear cover. VG. 24x15cm, xvii, 283 pp. Contents: Sources; The Three Components of Private Law; Sources of Written Law; Custom; Divisions of Private Law [Geoffrey MacCormack]; Persons: Slavery; Family Authority; Marriage; Emergence from Family Authority; Guardianship & Supervision [O.F. Robinson]; Property: Ownership & Possession; Acquisition of Ownership; Lesser Real Rights [D.L. Carey Miller]; Succession: Testate Succession on Death; Intestate Succession on Death; Other Cases of Universal Succession [William M. Gordon]; Obligations: Obligations Contracted by Conduct; Obligations by Words & their Applications; Obligations by Writing; Obligations by Agreement; Innominate Contracts & Pacts; Obligations as though from Contract; Obligations Acquired through Others; Discharge of Obligations; Obligations from Delict; Obligations as though from Delict [Robin Evans-Jones; Geoffrey MacCormack]; Actions: The Formulary Procedure; The Law of Actions; Real & Personal Action; State-Law & Honorary Actions; Restorative, Penal & Hybrid Actions; Other Classifcations [Ernest Metzger]; Criminal Trials: Capital & Non-Capital Crimes; Specific Offences; Criminal Courts; Procedural Charges [O.F. Robinson].
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Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD Standard-sized.
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