Roman jurists
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Institutes of Roman Law (English)
(4) and commenced with bona fides on his part, a condition which appears to have been annexed to the law of the Twelve Tables by the interpretation of the prudentes.
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Institutes of Roman Law
Roman legal scholars whose interpretive practices and standards are described.
Two standards are frequently employed by the Roman jurists:
’ The general meaning which the jurists gave to the word ‘ruptum’ is an early example of extensive interpretation.
(4) and commenced with bona fides on his part, a condition which appears to have been annexed to the law of the Twelve Tables by the interpretation of the prudentes.
Dissertations on Early Law and Custom
The jurists of ancient Rome who developed classical legal classification.
Almost the first thing which is learnt by the student of Roman law is, that the classical jurists of Rome divided the whole body of legal rules into the Law of Persons, the Law of Things, and the Law of Actions.
I object, therefore, to the contemptuous language sometimes applied to the Roman map of the provinces of law, as in effect taxing persons who had not yet attained to the conception of a legal Right, with not having anticipated methods of classification of which Rights are the basis.
The Rights of War and Peace
Roman legal authorities cited for the maxim governing transfer of property rights.
For, as the Roman lawyers say, no one can convey to another a greater right than he himself possesses.