The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon — In The East
Scope Of Chapter XLIV.
The Civil or Roman Law
Laws of the Kings of Rome. The Twelve Tables of the Decemvirs, Their Character and Influence. Laws of the People. Decrees of the Senate. Edicts of the Praetors. The Perpetual Edict. Constitutions of the Emperors, their Legislative Power, their Rescripts. Forms of the Roman Law. Succession of the Civil Lawyers
AD Event
303-648 The First Period
648-988 Second Period
988- 1230 Third Period, Their Philosophy , Authority, Sects
527 Reformation of the Roman Law by Justinian
527-546 Tribonian
528-529 The Code of Justinian
530-533The Pandects or Digest
Praise and Censure of the Code and Pandects
Loss of the ancient Jurisprudence
Legal Inconstancy of Justinian
534 Second Edition of the Code
534-565 The Novels
533
The Institutes
I. PERSONS. Freemen and Slaves
Fathers and Children
Limitations of the paternal Authority
Husbands and Wives
The religious Rites of Marriage
Freedom of the matrimonial Contract
Liberty and Abuse of Divorce
Limitations of the Liberty of Divorce
Incest, Concubines, and Bastards
Guardians and Wards
II. THINGS. Right of Property Of Inheritance and Succession Civil Degrees of Kindred Introduction and Liberty of Testaments Legacies Codicils and Trusts
III. ACTIONS Promises Benefits, Interest of Money Injuries
IV. CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS Severity of the Twelve Tables Abolition or Oblivion of Penal Laws Revival of capital punishments Measure of Guilt Unnatural Vice Rigour of the Christian Emperors Judgments of the People Select Judges Assessors Voluntary Exile and Death Abuses of Civil Jurisprudence
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