The civil law of Rome
The law of nature is that which she has taught all animals; a law not peculiar to the human race, but shared by all living creatures, whether denizens of the air, the dry land,...
Most difficult undertaking
After having concluded this work and collected it all in a single volume under Our illustrious name, raising Ourself above small and comparatively insignificant matters, We have hastened to attempt the most complete and...
Corpus Iuris Civilis 6th Century
LawsCorpus Iuris Civilis, 6th CenturyAlthough Law as practiced in Rome had grown up as a type of case law, this was not the “Roman Law” known to the Medieval, or modern world. Now Roman...
