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    Classical · English

    Institutes of Roman Law

    Gaius

    Institutes of Roman Law, by Gaius (AD 130–180), a public-domain text from Liberty Fund's Online Library of Liberty.

    Chapters
    121
    Variants
    121
    Genre
    Law
    Difficulty
    Advanced

    Chapters

    1. 01Prefaceprose
    2. 02Book IV Procedure [De Actionibvs], Explanation of Abbreviationsprose
    3. 03Historical Introductionprose
    4. 04§ 1.: The Unification and Extension of Roman Law.prose
    5. 05§ 2.: The Epochs in this process of Unification and Extension.prose
    6. 06§ 3.: Stages of Roman Legal History—The Clan and the Family—Evolution of individual rights.prose
    7. 07§ 4.: Early Religious Law (Fas)—The Leges Regiae—The Secularization of Law.prose
    8. 08§ 5.: Jus—Its different forms as exhibited in Procedure.prose
    9. 09§ 6.: The ultimate sources of Jus—The Monarchy and the Early Republic.prose
    10. 10§ 7.: Patricians and Plebeians.prose
    11. 11§ 8.: Acquisition of voting rights by Plebeians—Assemblies of the Populus and of the Plebs.prose
    12. 12§ 9.: Unification of the Law by means of the Twelve Tables.prose
    13. 13§ 10.: Future Progress of Law. Legislation and Interpretation; the Legislative Assemblies.prose
    14. 14§ 11.: Law as the result of Interpretation.—Interpretation by the Magistrate.prose
    15. 15§ 12.: The debts which this development of law owed to the Italian and provincial world.prose
    16. 16§ 13.: The idea of the Law of Nature; its influence on Slavery.prose
    17. 17§ 14.: Interpretation by the jurisconsults.prose
    18. 18§ 15.: Reforms in Procedure effected during the later period of the Republic.prose
    19. 19§ 16.: The Creation of the Principate—Changes in the Sources of Law.prose
    20. 20§ 17.: Changes in Procedure under the Principate.prose
    21. 21§ 18.: The work of the Jurisconsults under the Principate.prose
    22. 22§ 19.: Literary activity in the domain of Law to the time of Gaius.prose
    23. 23§ 20.: The Institutes of Gaius; their place in the Literature of Law.prose
    24. 24§ 21.: The Life and Works of Gaius.prose
    25. 25Commentarivs Primvs De Ivre, [I. De Ivre CIVILI Et Natvrali.]prose
    26. 26On CIVIL Law and Natural Law.prose
    27. 27[Ii. De Ivris Divisione.], On the Branches of the Law.prose
    28. 28[Iii. De Condicione Hominvm.], On Diversities of Condition.prose
    29. 29[Iiii. De Dediticiis Vel Lege Aelia Sentia.], [V. De Peregrinis Dediticiis.]prose
    30. 30[Vi. De Manvmissione Vel Cavsae Probatione.], [Vii. De Consilio Adhibendo.]prose
    31. 31Concerning Surrendered Enemies.prose
    32. 32On Manumission and Proof of Adequate Grounds of Manumission.prose
    33. 33Concerning the Constitution of the Council.prose
    34. 34[Qvibvs Modis Latini Ad Civitatem Romanam Perveniant.]prose
    35. 35Modes by Which Latin Freedmen Become Roman Citizens.prose
    36. 36De Lege Fvfia Caninia. (1)prose
    37. 37De Lege Fvfia Caninia. (2)prose
    38. 38De His Qvi Svi Vel Alieni Ivris Sint. (1)prose
    39. 39De His Qvi Svi Vel Alieni Ivris Sint. (2)prose
    40. 40De Patria Potestate. (2)prose
    41. 41De Nvptiis. (1)prose
    42. 42De Nvptiis. (2)prose
    43. 43De Erroris Cavsae Probatione. (1)prose
    44. 44De Erroris Cavsae Probatione. (2)prose
    45. 45De Statv Liberorvm. (1)prose
    46. 46De Statv Liberorvm. (2)prose
    47. 47De Adoptionibvs. (1)prose
    48. 48De Adoptionibvs. (2)prose
    49. 49De Manv. (1)prose
    50. 50De Manv. (2)prose
    51. 51De Mancipio. (1)prose
    52. 52De Mancipio. (2)prose
    53. 53Qvibus Modis Ivs Potestatis Solvatvr. (1)prose
    54. 54Qvibus Modis Ivs Potestatis Solvatvr. (2)prose
    55. 55De Tvtelis. (1)prose
    56. 56De Tvtelis. (2)prose
    57. 57De Legitima Agnatorvm Tvtela. (1)prose
    58. 58De Legitima Agnatorvm Tvtela. (2)prose
    59. 59De Capitis Minvtione. (1)prose
    60. 60De Capitis Minvtione. (2)prose
    61. 61De Legitima Patronorvm Tvtela. (1)prose
    62. 62De Cessicia Tvtela. (1)prose
    63. 63De Legitima Patronorvm Tvtela. (2)prose
    64. 64De Cessicia Tvtela. (2)prose
    65. 65De Petendo Alio Tvtore. (1)prose
    66. 66De Petendo Alio Tvtore. (2)prose
    67. 67De Petendo Alio Tvtore, De Atiliano Tvtore, Et Eo Qvi Ex Lege Ivlia Et Titia Datvr.prose
    68. 68De Petendo Alio Tvtore, De Atiliano Tvtore, Et Eo Qvi Ex Lege Ivlia Et Titia Datvr. (2)prose
    69. 69De Mvliervm Tvtela. (1)prose
    70. 70De Mvliervm Tvtela. (2)prose
    71. 71Qvibvs Modis Tvtela Finiatvr. (1)prose
    72. 72Qvibvs Modis Tvtela Finiatvr. (2)prose
    73. 73De Cvratoribvs, De Satisdatione Tvtorvm Vel Cvratorvm. (2)prose
    74. 74De Rervm Divisione. (1)prose
    75. 75De Rebvs Incorporalibvs. (1)prose
    76. 76De Rervm Divisione. (2)prose
    77. 77De Rebvs Incorporalibvs. (2)prose
    78. 78Rervm Corporalivm Adqvisitiones Civiles. (1)prose
    79. 79Rervm Corporalivm Adqvisitiones Civiles. (2)prose
    80. 80Rervm Incorporalivm Adqvisitiones Civiles. (1)prose
    81. 81Rervm Incorporalivm Adqvisitiones Civiles. (2)prose
    82. 82Qvibvs Alienare Liceat Vel Non. (1)prose
    83. 83Qvibvs Alienare Liceat Vel Non. (2)prose
    84. 84De Pvpillis an Aliqvid a Se Alienare Possvnt.prose
    85. 85Whether Wards Can Aliene.prose
    86. 86Qvibvs Modis Per Vniversitatem Res Adqvirantvr. (1)prose
    87. 87Qvibvs Modis Per Vniversitatem Res Adqvirantvr. (2)prose
    88. 88[De Testamentis Militvm.] (1)prose
    89. 89[De Testamentis Militvm.] (2)prose
    90. 90Testamenti Factio. (1)prose
    91. 91Testamenti Factio. (2)prose
    92. 92Bonorvm Possessio Secvndvm Tabvlas. (1)prose
    93. 93Bonorvm Possessio Secvndvm Tabvlas. (2)prose
    94. 94De Exheredatione Liberorvm. (1)prose
    95. 95De Exheredatione Liberorvm. (2)prose
    96. 96Qvibvs Modis Testamenta Infirmentvr. (1)prose
    97. 97Qvibvs Modis Testamenta Infirmentvr. (2)prose
    98. 98Bonorvm Possessio Secvndvm Tabvlas. (3)prose
    99. 99Bonorvm Possessio Secvndvm Tabvlas. (4)prose
    100. 100De Heredvm Qvalitate Et Differentia. (1)prose
    101. 101De Heredvm Qvalitate Et Differentia. (2)prose
    102. 102De Heredibvs Institvendis. (1)prose
    103. 103De Heredibvs Institvendis. (2)prose
    104. 104[De Legatis.] (1)prose
    105. 105[De Legatis.] (2)prose
    106. 106[Ad Legem Falcidiam.] (1)prose
    107. 107[Ad Legem Falcidiam.] (2)prose
    108. 108[De Invtiliter Relictis Legatis.] (1)prose
    109. 109[De Poenae Cavsa Relictis Legatis.] (1)prose
    110. 110[De Invtiliter Relictis Legatis.] (2)prose
    111. 111[De Poenae Cavsa Relictis Legatis.] (2)prose
    112. 112De Fideicommissariis Hereditatibvs. (1)prose
    113. 113De Fideicommissariis Hereditatibvs. (2)prose
    114. 114Commentarivs Tertivs Intestatorvm Hereditatesprose
    115. 115De Legitima Agnatorvm Svccessione. (1)prose
    116. 116De Legitima Agnatorvm Svccessione. (2)prose
    117. 117Consensv Obligationes. (1)prose
    118. 118Consensv Obligationes. (2)prose
    119. 119Addendum Formal, Abstract, and Simulative Dispositions.prose
    120. 120Commentarivs Qvartvsprose
    121. 121Appendix Additions and Amendmentsprose

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    Figures189

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    Ideas260

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    Places27

    Rome · Italy · England · The provinces · Cilicia · Magna Graecia · Roman Empire · Africa · Ancient Rome · Bithynia

    Groups119

    Praetor · Peregrini · Roman citizens · Proculian school · Sabinian school · Slaves · Patricians · Recuperatores · Roman Senate · Bonorum emptor

    Events43

    Social War · Adrogatio · Burning of Rome by the Gauls · Manumission · Manumission of Slaves · Adoption · Adrogation ceremony before the Comitia Curiata · Bonorum Venditio · Caligula's threat against the jurisconsults · Capture by enemies and return by postliminium

    Objects33

    Twelve Tables · Digest · Institutes of Justinian · Lex de Imperio Vespasiani · Aes et libra · Codicil · Justinian's Institutes · Roman coinage · Tabulae · Tabulae testamenti

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