Excerpt from Roman Private Law, Vol. 1: In the Times of Cicero and of the Antonines Digest by a comparison of some extracts from the lawyers which we happen to have received from other sources with the same pmages as they appear, edited under J metinian's authority, in the Digest. Recent discussion in Germany has been busy with this question and onen with good fruit On the other hand itseems to meoflenvery inconsistent. Whilewithone eye it detects Tribonian's interpolations everywhere, with the other it attempts to trace the opinions of the individual lawyers and the history of doctrines and procedure, as if we had in the Digest the jurisprudence of two hundred and fifty years adequately nepresented and faithfully exhibited. Such an exhibition was as far as possible from being in Tribonian's intentions or compatible with his method of work'. Needless to say, I have tried to bear in mind the real state of the case. For it is impossible to avoid drawing largely' of the waters of the Digest, however suspicious one may justly feel of their being tainted. Justinian's great work in consolidating and amending Roman law was absoluw neomsm'y, if it was to take the place it has taken in the usage of European nations, but his books are full of pitfialls for the student of earlier law. 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.