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Preliminary Lecture To The Course Of Lectures On The Institutions Of Justinian. Together With An Introductory Discourse. By John Wilde, Esq - Softcover

John Wilde

 
9780371873151: Preliminary Lecture To The Course Of Lectures On The Institutions Of Justinian. Together With An Introductory Discourse. By John Wilde, Esq

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Preliminary Lecture To The Course Of Lectures On The Institutions Of Justinian. Together With An Introductory Discourse. By John Wilde, Esq. John Wilde presents the opening remarks and context for his Edinburgh course on the Roman civil law. The work outlines the purpose of reviving and explaining the civil law as a universal framework for private rights and public order, and details Wilde’s method of delivering lectures in Latin and English. He recounts his personal appointment as joint professor of Civil Law at the University of Edinburgh (with the right of survivancy) and his determination to address both learned and lay audiences. Drawing on authorities from Roman jurists and later modern writers such as Grotius and Vattel, Wilde argues that the Roman legal tradition informs war, international law, and national duty. He critiques the neglect of civil law in Britain and Scotland and argues for a historical introduction to the law, laying out the plan to cover the four books of the Institutes and to revive classical legal culture in a modern state.

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