Gaius
quoted 46 times by 6 works · an author the library holds
also in the atlas: Gaius the figure
Most often carried — quoted as a source. The locus given for each is the passage in the quoting book; the harvest records no place inside what is quoted, and nothing here pretends to.
5 quoted · 10 reported · 31 carried
16 neutral 1 refuted 3 extended 1 endorsedin the voice of Gaius 10 , Justinian 1
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Institutes of Roman Law Gaius 13 neutral 1 refuted 3 extended 1 endorsed 29 citations · 194 passages
ch. 23 · ch. 25 13 passages anchored here · ch. 27 · de mancipio. (1) 9 passages anchored here · de mancipio. (2) · ch. 53 11 passages anchored here · ch. 73 · ch. 79 3 passages anchored hereand 9 more chapters
The passage states a formal legal rule distinguishing wards' and women's capacities to alienate property.
§ 111. Caelibes quoque qui lege Iulia hereditatem legataque capere uetantur; item orbi, id est qui liberos non habent, quos lex —|
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Ancient Law Henry Sumner Maine 1 neutral 7 citations · 9 passages
ch. 7 · ch. 9 2 passages anchored here · ch. 10 2 passages anchored here · ch. 12 · ch. 14 3 passages anchored hereGaius's legal language is reported and relied upon as authoritative.
An unfortunate attempt to discriminate them was made by the jurisconsult Ulpian, with the propensity to distinguish characteristic of a lawyer, but the language of Gaius, a much higher authority, and the passage quoted before from the Institutes, leave no room for doubt that the expressions were practically convertible The difference between them was entirely historical, and no distinction in esse …
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Lectures on the Early History of Institutions Henry Sumner Maine 1 neutral 5 citations · 8 passages
Direct attribution of a judgment to Gaius.
Gaius, speaking of the Legis Actiones generally, observes that ‘they fell into discredit, because through the excessive subtlety of the ancient lawyers, things came to such a pass that he who committed the smallest error failed altogether.
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The Law of Torts Sir Frederick Pollock 3 citations
Records the citation of Gaius's Institutes on the historical development of damages.
223, 224, the contrast between the ancient law of fixed penalties and the modern law of damages assessed by judicial authority is clearly shown.
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Dissertations on Early Law and Custom Henry Sumner Maine 1 citation
Matches the Commentaries of Gaius citation.
Its revival may be said to be owing to Niebuhr’s discovery of the ‘Commentaries of Gaius,’ which, though not directly treating of ancient Roman law, enabled us to divide it into successive stages or strata, and gave us a singularly complete view of the earliest among them.
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On Tranquillity of Mind Seneca, Lucius Annaeus 1 neutral 1 citation
Gaius is directly quoted threatening Julius Canus at the moment of his condemnation.
Julius Canus, a man great above all others—whose claim to our admiration is not lessened even by the fact that he was born in our own age—after a long altercation with Gaius, was told by that Phalaris, as he was leaving:
on tranquillity of mind ¶
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