Excerpt from An Introduction to the Study of Justinian's Digest: Containing an Account of Its Composition and of the Jurists Used or Referred to Therein Ultimately it will I believe he found best to leave each private suit as much as possible to the uiri boni arbitratus acting authorita tively and publicly, whether he be called judge or arbitrator. Let the preparatory stages be under his control: let him order the proceedings as in the particular case may be best calculated to bring the issues out clearly: let all witnesses be examined who can throw light on the matter, whether the parties call them or not: let him stop the inquiry whenever it is being carried, even by the parties' consent, to an unreasonable length. It is pessimi exempli to have litigation run on, till the cost in time and money to the public and the parties is out of proportion to the attainable object of the suit. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.