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The Institutes (Latin: Institutiones; from instituere, 'to establish') [1] are a beginners' textbook [2] on Roman private law written around 161 AD by the classical Roman jurist Gaius. They are considered to be "by far the most influential elementary-systematic presentation of Roman private law in late antiquity, the Middle Ages and modern ...
History of the Roman-Dutch Law. Grahamstown, Cape Colony, South Africa: African Book Co., 1908. Reinhard Zimmermann, The Law of Obligations. Cape Town 1990. Reprinted Muenchen, Cape Town 1992, ISBN 3-406-37246-5 (a comparative overview of the law of obligations with a lot of information on the substantive rules of Roman-Dutch law). Reinhard ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... books 2–8 cover private law; book 9 deals with crimes; and books 10–12 contain administrative law. ... the Roman law ...
South African jurisprudence refers to the study and theory of South African law. Jurisprudence has been defined as "the study of general theoretical questions about the nature of laws and legal systems." [1] It is a complex and evolving field that reflects the country's unique legal history and societal changes.
In the 19th century, Voet's Commentary was translated into German. It is still an important source of South African law, the common law of which is Roman-Dutch. Sir Henry de Villiers, Chief Justice of the Cape Colony and later of South Africa, made much use of Voet's Commentary. [1]: 333–334 His other works include: [1]: 328
Ius privatum is Latin for private law. Contrasted with ius publicum (the laws relating to the state), ius privatum regulated the relations between individuals. In Roman law this included personal, property and civil law. Judicial proceeding was a private process (iudicium privatum). Criminal law was also considered private matters, except where ...
Equity in Roman Law: Lectures Delivered in the University of London, at the Request of the Faculty of Laws (London: University of London Press, 1911) Elementary Principles of Roman Private Law (Cambridge: University Press, 1912) A Textbook of Roman Law from Augustus to Justinian. Cambridge: University Press. 1921 – via Internet Archive.
Roman law as preserved in the codes of Justinian and in the Basilica remained the basis of legal practice in Greece and in the courts of the Eastern Orthodox Church even after the fall of the Byzantine Empire and the conquest by the Turks, and, along with the Syro-Roman law book, also formed the basis for much of the Fetha Negest, which ...