THe Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
by Edward Gibbon
Scope Of Chapter XLIV
A.D.
- 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
- 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
- OF 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
- OF THINGS.
- Right of Property
- Of Inheritance and Succession
- Civil Degrees of Kindred
- Introduction and Liberty of Testaments
- Legacies
- Codicils and Trusts
- OF ACTIONS
- Promises
- Benefits
- Interest of Money
- Injuries
- OF 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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