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

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.