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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Roman Law |
 | | The Roman law in its maturity recognized a definite natural-law theory as the ultimate test of the reasonableness of positive law, and repudiated the concept that justice is the creature of positive law. | | | The Roman law was historically in the early English law of persons, of property, of contracts, and of procedure, although not always with equal obviousness. | | | Positive law was the jus civile, or municipal law, of a particular state. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09079a.htm
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| | NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: Roman law |
| | Roman law is the foundation of many legal systems of the world. | | | For example, Roman law developed the differentiation between contract and tort. | | | In the next century, the Emperor Justinian arranged for the re-organisation of most of Roman law in his four-part Corpus Iuris Civilis (Body of Civil Law), the greatest achievement in the codification and preservation of Roman law. |
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http://pedia.nodeworks.com/R/RO/ROM/Roman_law
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| | Ancient Roman Law - Crystalinks |
| | The basis for Roman law was the idea that the exact form, not the intention, of words or of actions produced legal consequences. | | | From the Law of the Twelve Tables, the first Roman code of law developed during the early republic, the Roman legal system was characterized by a formalism that lasted for more than 1,000 years. | | | Roman law in the republic was often based on custom. |
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http://www.crystalinks.com/romelaw.html
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| | Roman law on Encyclopedia.com |
| | Roman law in the earliest period known is typically expressed in the Twelve Tables with their marked formalism. | | | Finally the task was accomplished with the culminating work of Roman legal scholarship, the Corpus Juris Civilis (completed 535) under the direction of Tribonian. | | | Soon the primary source of law became the lex (plural leges), a statutory enactment that was proposed by a magistrate and accepted by a popular assembly. |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/R/Romanlaw.asp
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| | Roman and Secular Law in the Middle Ages |
| | Emendare legem = To compensate according to the provisions of the law. | | | His collection of laws was intended to supersede the older versions of the laws they contained and to have legal force in their present form from the moment of their promulgation. | | | The resurrection of Roman law at the end of the eleventh century was a unique event in legal history and changed the future of European law. |
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http://faculty.cua.edu/pennington/Law508/histlaw.htm
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| | Roman law -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | European civil law has been adopted in much of Latin America as well as in parts of Asia and Africa and is to be distinguished from the common law of the Anglo-American countries. | | | As a legal system, Roman law has affected the development of law in most of Western civilization as well as in parts of the East. |
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9108633
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| | COMMON LAW 1 |
| | All Roman Law documents (so-called constitutions; but, in fact, are 'ship's orders' of make-believe ships), when used as the guide to operate a country under Roman Law, always contain a "notwithstanding" clause (In the US Constitution, it is the 'general welfare' clause). | | | The Roman Civil Law was a derivative of the Maritime Law and is the basis of Civil Law in most European countries. | | | We have found that we are not in Common Law under the Constitution -- in fact, we're not in Equity under the Constitution -- we are in Maritime Law (the Law of International Commerce - Law Merchant, Admiralty Law, Military Law, and Prison or Warden Law). |
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http://www.detaxcanada.org/cmlaw1.htm
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| | Roman Law and Comparative Law (Alan Watson) - review |
| | Though I can vouch that Roman Law and Comparative Law is accessible to those without a legal background (it is the first book on law I have ever read), it is really aimed at those who do have some knowledge of the law and who want an introduction to Roman law and its influence. | | | Seven chapters then describe different areas of classical law — the sources of law, family law, slavery, property, contracts, delicts and succession. | | | Roman Law and Comparative Law (Alan Watson) - review |
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http://dannyreviews.com/h/Roman_Law_and_Comparative_Law.html
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| | Roman Law: Welcome |
| | The essential part of this collection of pages is the representation of some fragments of the Corpus Iuris (the collection of laws initiated by the Emperor Justinian) with the apposite parts of the gloss of Accursius. | | | If you are not an expert in Roman Law or Legal History, you may want to have a look at these "Questions and Answers on Roman Law". | | | These pages are dedicated to Roman Law: the legal system invented by the Romans more than 2000 years ago, which - having undergone the process of decay, revival, transformation and reinterpretation innumerable times - continues to influence legal thinking and legal practice to our days. |
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http://www.jura.uni-sb.de/Rechtsgeschichte/Ius.Romanum/englishp.html
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| | Roman Law and Society |
| | We will survey the basic categories of law (public law, contract, delict, status, etc.), as well as their historical development from the earliest times to their reception into the medieval and modern world. | | | In addition to these secondary works, we will examine original Roman legal texts (in English), including the Law of the Twelve Tables, the Institutes of Gaius, and the Institutes of Justinian. | | | The students will also choose one article from a supplementary reading list (available here) and prepare a brief summary and critique of its contents. |
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http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/law
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| | Roman Law |
| | An example of a law from the Twelve Tables was, If plaintiff summons defendant to court, he shall go. | | | The United States government in commonly known as a democracy, but it's actually a Republic, almost identical to the Roman one. | | | The Patricians pronounced the validity of decisions made by the assembly. |
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http://www.freeessays.cc/db/26/hmd297.shtml
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| | NetSERF: Law: Roman |
| | "Collection of Roman laws of Alexandre Koptev (Latin texts and translations), carried out with the collaboration of Yves Lassard, Professor with the Faculty of Law of Grenoble." Though the site is dedicated to Roman law, at least one of the texts would be of interest to medievalists, namely the Corpus Iuris Civilis. | | | While the site is dedicated to the legal texts of the Roman period, the medievalist might find many useful precedents for the study of medieval law. | | | "A collection of primary sources on Roman and civil law and related subjects, available in full text over the Internet." |
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http://www.netserf.org/Law/Roman
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| | Roman Law Resources |
| | The pages listed under Materials give immediate access to materials on Roman and civil law and related subjects. | | | A brief description of the Centre, with information on members, publications, and events. | | | Prepared to accompany Emperors and Lawyers, 2nd ed. |
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http://iuscivile.com
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| | Roman Law |
| | Roman law refers to the legal system that originated in ancient Rome and that later became the basis of law in Western Europe and in countries influenced by European legal codes. | | | Traditionally, the study of Roman law is divided into five parts: the laws of persons, of property, of succession, of obligations, and of actions. | | | Origins Roman law had its origins, a long time before there was a Roman state, in family customs handed down from one generation to another and in judgments (leges regiae) of kings or cheiftains. |
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http://www.wjcc.k12.va.us/tms/curriculum/history/rome/andrew/law.html
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| | Ancient History Sourcebook: The Twelve Tables, c. 450 BCE |
| | If a slave shall have committed theft or done damage with his master"s knowledge, the action for damages is in the slave's name. | | | Whatever the people had last ordained should be held as binding by law. |
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http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/12tables.html
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| | Roman Law |
| | In the Golden Age of the Imperial Period, Gaius the Jurist was commissioned by Hadrian to draw up a codex of the existing laws of the Roman Empire. | | | The Emperor Justinian, as sole lawgiver of the Dominate period of Roman law, commissioned Tribonian and Theophilus in 580 A.D. to codify the laws of the Roman people in what is known as the Codex Justinianus, the basis of the civil law as we know it today. | | | One of the great orators and early lawyers of the Republican period, Tullius Cicero, argued and won in 60 B.C. one of the most famous arguments in favor of Caecina, a landowner, in the praetor's court in the Roman Forum. |
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http://www.georgeschmidt.com/romanlaw.htm
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| | Roman Law Syllabus |
| | Week 2: Survey of Legal History of Rome / Sources of Law | | | Sources for the development of law: Regal, Republican law. | | | Sources of Law in the Principate: the Classical Age of Roman Law |
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http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/law/syllabus
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| | Roman Law Resources |
| | Bibliographies of Roman Law and Medieval Roman Law | | | from the University of Pittsburg School of Law | | | Roman Law branch of the Law-related Internet Project at the University of Saarbrücken |
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http://lamar.colostate.edu/~jgaughan/primarywebpages/RomanLawLinks.htm
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| | Eastlaw.net -- Database of Chinese Law |
| | Ius Romanum (Roman Law from the University of Saarbrücken) | | | Roman and Secular Law in the Middle Ages | | | Roman Law Resources (Ernest Metzger, Department of Law, University of Aberdeen) |
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http://www.eastlaw.net/cominterlaw/other/romanindex.htm
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