BOHN'S STANDARD LIBRARY

GIBBON'S ROMAN EMPIRE

WITH VARIORUM NOTES

VOL. V.

GEORGE BELL & SONS

LONDON : YORK ST. COVENT GARDEN AND NEW YORK: 66 FIFTH AVENUE BOMBAY : 53 ESPLANADE ROAD CAMBRIDGE : DEIGHTON BELL & co.

CONTENTS

OF THE FIFTH VOLUME.

CIIAPTER XLIV.-IDEA OF THE ROMAN JURISPRUDENCE.—THE LAWS

OF THE KINGS. — THE TWELVE TABLES OF THE DECEMVIRS. -- THE

LAWS OF THE PEOPLE.—THE DECREES OF THE SENATE.-THE EDICTS

OF THE MAGISTRATES AND EMPERORS. - AUTHORITY OF THE CIVILIANS.

- CODE, PANDECTS, NOVELS, AND INSTITUTES OF JUSTINIAN : -

1. RIGHTS OF PERSONS. — II. RIGHTS OF THINGS. —III. PRIVATE

INSURIES AND ACTIONS.—IV. CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS.

A.D.

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The Civil or Roman Law .

Laws of the Kings of Rome.

The Twelve Tables of the Decemving

Their Character and Influence

Laws of the People ...

Decrees of the Senate . .

Edicts of the Prætors. .

The Perpetual Edict

Constitutions of the Emperors

Their Legislative Power

Their Rescripts . . .

Forms of the Roman Law .

Succession of the Civil Lawyers

303–648. The First Period . .

648-988. Second Period . .

988–1230. Third Period . .

Their Philosophy

Authority .

Sects :

527. Reformation of the Roman Law by Justinian.

527-546. Tribonian

528, 529. The Code of Justinian

530-533. The Pandects or Digest

Praise and Censure of the Code and Pandects

Loss of the Ancient Jurisprudence .

Legal Inconstancy of Justinian . .

534. Second Edition of the Code . . ..

534–565. The Novels . . . . . .

533. The Institutes . . .

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