The Institutes of Gaius
Gaius (James Muirhead, trans.) · 1880
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James Muirhead published his translation of The Institutes of Gaius in 1880. Gaius, a Roman law teacher, wrote the Institutes around 160 CE as a textbook for students. The text was lost for centuries and recovered in 1816 from a scraped parchment in Verona.
Gaius sorted all law under persons, things, and actions, a scheme that law teaching used for a thousand years. His plain style and clear order made Roman law learnable, and Justinian's own Institutes copied his plan. Muirhead, a Scottish professor of law, added notes for English students. The translation gives modern readers the Roman law school's own starting point, in the form that taught lawyers for a millennium.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Gaius (James Muirhead, trans.) |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1880 |
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 1984 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Internet Archive |
Source: https://archive.org/details/institutesofgaiu00gaiuuoft