Historical Notices of the Roman Law and of the Recent Progress of Its Study, in Germany (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1826. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... as well as for his collection of Antijustinianean Law.71 He was also the author of a work entitled Censura Forensis.11 Huber's works have heen often edited; the most worthy of notice are the Digre'ssiones Justimaneae et Praelectiones Juris Civilis. ' lies lois Civiles dans leur Ordre Naturel, ' the production of Jean Doniat, who died in 1695, have been too much praised not only by contemporaries, but even by succeeding ages. Daguesseau, from a friendship for the author, has shown evident partiality for this work,73 in which the author was assisted by Ant. D'Espesse, an ' Avocat' of Paris. Domat's other works, 4 Le Droit Public,0 and the Legum Delectus, have never been much esteemed; and, at length, a more accurate acquaintance with history, and a more profound philosophy, have conspired to cover with dust the many editions of the Lois Civiles.' Leibnitz, whose name stands so high in other departments of literature and science, strongly recommended the study of Roman Jurispru 71 De origine et progressu Juris Civilis Roman autores et fragmenta veterum Jurisconsultorum. 71 Haubold terms Van Leeuwen, vir valde laboriosus, sed majoris industrial, quam ingenii aut judicii. ceuvres, torn. I. p. 389. dence; n and in a work entitled Methodus Nova Discendae Docendaeque Jurisprudentiae, gave many useful hints for the improvement of the Study.15 in France, in the first half of the 18th cen? tury, a new impulse was given to the PhiT losophy of History by Montesquieu and Voltaire. The merits of the ' immortal' work 'i l'Esprit de Lois," have been recognised in every nation of Europe. Whilst the author addressed himself to the learned in every branch of literature, he wrote exclusively for neither Statesmen nor Lawyers; and his work, though embracing perhaps too unbounded a r...