Codified by Justinian I and published under his aegis in A.D. 533, this celebrated work of legal history forms a fascinating picture of ordinary life in Rome.
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Justinian I (483 -565) was Eastern Roman Emperor from 527 until his death. One of the most important rulers of Late Antiquity, he is best remembered for his reform of the legal code through the commission of Tribonian the military expansion of imperial territory that was achieved during his reign, primarily through the campaigns of Belisarius and his marriage and partnership with his wife Empress Theodora. He is also known as "The last Roman Emperor" and was the emperor who reconquered the city of Rome from the Ostrogoths.
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accordingly if the thumb of a most valuable painter had been cut off beforehand and within a year of its loss he is killed, the Aquilian action lies and he must be valued at his price before he lost his skill together with his thumb. On the other hand in the case of killing a slave who had committed great embezzlements in running my affairs and whom I had resolved to examine by torture in order to drag out the names of his accomplices in dishonesty, Labeo writes very rightly that he must be valued according to my interest in detecting the frauds he had committed and not according to the value of the harm he had done. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
theftuous intent, noxal action, action for iniuria, actio utilis, manifest thief, wrongful damage, manifest theft, action for theft, res mancipi, unlawful damage, noxal surrender, theft action, action for outrage, action for insult, dishonest intent, nec mancipi, action for the insult, robbery with violence, sui iuris, stolen thing Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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accordingly if the thumb of a most valuable painter had been cut off beforehand and within a year of its loss he is killed, the Aquilian action lies and he must be valued at his price before he lost his skill together with his thumb. On the other hand in the case of killing a slave who had committed great embezzlements in running my affairs and whom I had resolved to examine by torture in order to drag out the names of his accomplices in dishonesty, Labeo writes very rightly that he must be valued according to my interest in detecting the frauds he had committed and not according to the value of the harm he had done. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
theftuous intent, noxal action, action for iniuria, actio utilis, manifest thief, wrongful damage, manifest theft, action for theft, res mancipi, unlawful damage, noxal surrender, theft action, action for outrage, action for insult, dishonest intent, nec mancipi, action for the insult, robbery with violence, sui iuris, stolen thing Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- An Introduction to Roman Law (Clarendon Law Series) by Barry Nicholas in Front Matter, and page 173
- Law Ancient Romans by Watson on page 173
- An Introduction to Roman Legal and Constitutional History by Wolfgang Kunkel on page 173
- Roman Law by Jolowicz on page 173
- Textbook of Roman Law by J.A.C. Thomas on page 173
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- Western Creed, Western Identity: Essays in Legal and Social Philosophy by Jude P. Dougherty on page 14, and Back Matter
- Sprezzatura: 50 Ways Italian Genius Shaped the World by Peter D'Epiro in Back Matter
- Human Vices and Human Worth in Dante's Comedy by Patrick Boyde in Back Matter
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