Lanterna Rally

Author: Robert Dundonald Melville

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-09

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13: 9781331032335

Excerpt from A Manual of the Principles of Roman Law Relating to Persons, Property, and Obligations: With a Historical Introduction There are already in existence so many works upon Roman Law of the highest erudition and authority that it seems necessary to offer some explanation of the appearance of the present volume. The purpose of this work is somewhat special. Far from seeking either to place itself alongside of, or to enter into rivalry with, the already recognised authorities upon the subject, it seeks rather to present the results of their critical erudition in a form and in terms free from technicalities, and to expound the main principles of the matured Roman Law relating specially to Persons, Property, and Obligations, but excluding the Law of Succession and Actions, in so far as these are the foundation of modern legal science, in a manner that does not involve as a pre-requisite a knowledge of the Latin language. In this respect the present work seeks to be an introduction to the study of law that will be available to the interested layman no less than to the would-be lawyer. By means of a succinct Historical Introduction, and throughout the text, it has been sought to indicate the course of the development of the Roman legal institutions and principles, a knowledge of which is essential to the true appreciation of any legal system. This work has been prompted as the result of the experience obtained by the author during a number of years in lecturing to Egyptian students. The Egyptian Native Codes being based, in very large measure, upon the French Codes, a knowledge of the principles of Roman Law is essential to the student of law in Egypt, who, however, suffers from the disadvantage that he has no knowledge of the Latin language. While it is, therefore, impossible to expound the subject to him either directly or by way of commentary upon the Latin texts, it is, at the same time, necessary to present to the student, in language that will be readily understood, a statement of the main principles of the Roman Law in such a manner as will both compensate for his lack of a classical education and do fair justice to the subject. With this object in view, the subject is here expounded by a method of divisions and sub-divisions, each of which is, as far as possible, self-contained; on which account, indeed, there may appear to be, at times, somewhat of redundancy. 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.