An Introduction to the Study of Justinian's Digest: Containing an Account of Its Composition and of the Jurists Used or Referred to Therein - Hardcover

Henry John Roby

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1584770732 ISBN 13: 9781584770732

Publisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 2000

Synopsis

Reprint of the first and only edition. Originally published: Cambridge: At the University Press, 1886. cclxxix pp. This authoritative introduction to a scholarly study of Justinian's Digest provides more than an explanation and analysis of the legal arrangement and the components themselves, although those are key features of the work. He compares points, extracts, and other legal sources, makes recommendations for citing the Digest. A number of chapters are given over to the jurists. The Appendix lays out the organizational structure of the Digest and includes a chronological table of Emperors and major events. With an interesting chapter entitled "Of Lawyers' Latin" which includes technical phrases encountered in the Digest.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1584770732
• ISBN 13: 9781584770732
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 249