THE ORIGINS AND PROGRESS

OF ROMAN

CIVIL LAW.

A BRIEF COMMENTARY

ON THE LAWS OF THE XII. TABLES.

ILLUSTRATED WITH SELECT NOTES

FROM THE TWENTY-NINE TITLES

OF THE FRAGMENTS OF ULPIAN.

TWO BOOKS OF THE INSTITUTES

FROM THE FRAGMENTS OF THE

ANCIENT JURISPRUDENCE OF GAIUS.

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