Excerpt from History and Institutes of Roman Law: Outline Sketch for the Use of Students of the University of Toronto
The interest and utility of the study of -
(i) the history and development of Roman law;
(ii) the finished product as preserved in the Institutes and the Digest and Code of the Emperor Justinian (A.D. 534): -
(i) A most important chapter in the history of human progress and civilization.
The Romans were the first people to develop a true conception of private law, and construct a logical and complete legal system;
(ii) In studying Roman law we are studying the common law of Europe as well as the basal law of many British colonies, such as Quebec, the Cape, etc.
The finished product has in itself great intrinsic merit:
(a) exact terminology and definition of legal conceptions;
(?) high analytical power;
(?) wealth of legal principles.
International law was based by Grotius (1625) on the principles of the Roman law of nature.
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