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Discover the Digest of Justinian in translation, a clear gateway to ancient Roman law and its modern echoes.
This edition presents Monro’s translation of the Digest’s material and notes, focusing on how the text was formed, explained, and used in legal study. It emphasizes the translator’s choices, the handling of technical terms, and the aim of making a complex classical work accessible for today’s readers.
Readers will gain context for the work’s purpose, its structure, and how the jurists discussed topics from agency and guardianship to property and possession. The volume also introduces the prefaces that frame the Digest and explain the editor’s approach to translating Latin legal language.
- An overview of the Digest’s formation and the translator’s method
- Key topics covered in the early chapters, including negotia gesta (voluntary agency) and the Publician action
- Insight into how Latin terms are presented and explained for modern readers
- Context for Roman law’s influence on later legal thought
Ideal for students of law and classics, as well as readers curious about how ancient legal systems shaped modern jurisprudence.
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