In this Book
- The Digest of Justinian, Volume 4
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: University of Pennsylvania Press
When Justinian became sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire in A.D. 527, he ordered the preparation of three compilations of Roman law that together formed the Corpus Juris Civilis. These works have become known individually as the Code, which collected the legal pronouncements of the Roman emperors, the Institutes, an elementary student's textbook, and the Digest, by far the largest and most highly prized of the three compilations. The Digest was assembled by a team of sixteen academic lawyers commissioned by Justinian in 533 to cull everything of value from earlier Roman law. It was for centuries the focal point of legal education in the West and remains today an unprecedented collection of the commentaries of Roman jurists on the civil law.
Commissioned by the Commonwealth Fund in 1978, Alan Watson assembled a team of thirty specialists to produce this magisterial translation, which was first completed and published in 1985 with Theodor Mommsen's Latin text of 1878 on facing pages. This paperback edition presents a corrected English-language text alone, with an introduction by Alan Watson.
Links to the three other volumes in the set: Volume 1 [Books 1-15]Volume 2 [Books 16-29]Volume 3 [Books 30-40]
Table of Contents
- BOOK FORTY-ONE
- 3. USUCAPIONS AND USURPATIONS
- pp. 31-40
- 4. USUCAPION AS PURCHASER
- pp. 40-44
- 6. USUCAPION ON THE GROUND OF GIFT
- pp. 44-45
- 10. USUCAPION FOR ONESELF
- pp. 47-48
- BOOK FORTY-TWO
- 2. THOSE WHO ADMIT THEIR LIABILITY
- pp. 58-59
- 3. SURRENDER TO BANKRUPTCY
- pp. 59-60
- 6. SEPARATIONS
- pp. 69-72
- BOOK FORTY-THREE
- 5. THE PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
- pp. 85-87
- 11. REPAIRING A PUBLIC ROAD AND WAY
- pp. 91-92
- 15. BUILDING-UP A BANK
- pp. 95-96
- 16. FORCE AND ARMED FORCE
- pp. 96-102
- 17. THE POSSESSION OF LAND
- pp. 102-104
- 18. SUPERFICIES
- pp. 104-105
- 20. DAILY AND SUMMER WATER
- pp. 108-113
- 21. WATERCOURSES
- pp. 113-114
- 22. SPRINGS
- pp. 114-115
- 23. DRAINS
- pp. 115-116
- 24. AGAINST FORCE OR STEALTH
- pp. 116-124
- 25. WITHDRAWAL OF NOTICE
- p. 125
- 26. PRECARIUM
- pp. 125-128
- 27. FELLING TREES
- pp. 128-129
- 28. GATHERING ACORNS
- p. 129
- 29. PRODUCTION OF A FREEMAN
- pp. 129-131
- 31. POSSESSION
- p. 132
- 32. MOVING
- pp. 132-133
- BOOK FORTY-FOUR
- 2. THE DEFENSE OF RES JUDICATA
- pp. 136-142
- 4. THE DEFENSE OF FRAUD AND THAT OF DURESS
- pp. 145-151
- 5. IN WHICH CASES AN ACTION IS NOT GIVEN
- pp. 152-153
- 7. OBLIGATIONS AND ACTIONS
- pp. 153-162
- BOOK FORTY-FIVE
- 1. VERBAL CONTRACTS
- pp. 163-191
- 2. A PLURALITY OF PARTIES
- pp. 191-194
- 3. THE STIPULATION OF SLAVES
- pp. 194-199
- BOOK FORTY-SIX
- 1. SURETIES AND MANDATORS
- pp. 201-211
- 2. NOVATIONS AND DELEGATIONS
- pp. 211-216
- 3. PERFORMANCES AND RELEASES
- pp. 216-235
- 4. FORMAL RELEASES
- pp. 235-238
- 5. PRAETORIAN STIPULATIONS
- pp. 238-240
- 7. THAT A JUDGMENT BE PERFORMED
- pp. 241-245
- 8. CONFIRMATION AND RATIFICATION
- pp. 245-249
- BOOK FORTY-SEVEN
- 1. PRIVATE DELICTS
- pp. 250-251
- 3. INCORPORATED MATERIAL
- p. 273
- 7. TREES SECRETLY FELLED
- p. 277
- 8. GOODS TAKEN BY FORCE AND ON TUMULT
- pp. 279-282
- 10. CONTUMELIES AND DEFAMATORY WRITINGS
- pp. 285-297
- 11. EXTRAORDINARY CRIMES
- pp. 298-299
- 12. VIOLATION OF A TOMB
- pp. 299-301
- 14. CATTLE THIEVES
- pp. 301-302
- 15. COLLUSION
- pp. 302-303
- 16. HARBORERS
- p. 303
- 17. THIEVES WHO LURK ABOUT BATHS
- pp. 303-304
- 19. THE DESPOILED INHERITANCE
- pp. 304-305
- 20. SWINDLING
- p. 305
- 22. COLLEGIA AND ASSOCIATIONS
- pp. 306-307
- 23. POPULAR ACTIONS
- pp. 307-308
- BOOK FORTY-EIGHT
- 1. CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
- pp. 309-310
- 2. ACCUSATIONS AND INDICTMENTS
- pp. 310-314
- 3. CUSTODY AND PRODUCTION OF PERSONS CHARGED
- pp. 314-316
- 4. LEX JULIA ON TREASON
- pp. 316-318
- 5. LEX JULIA ON PUNISHING ADULTERIES
- pp. 318-330
- 6. LEX JULIA ON VIS PUBLICA
- pp. 330-331
- 7. LEX JULIA ON VIS PRIVATA
- pp. 331-332
- 8. LEX CORNELIA ON MURDERERS AND POISONERS
- pp. 332-335
- 9. LEX POMPEZA ON PARRICIDES
- pp. 335-336
- 11. LEX JULIA ON EXTORTION
- pp. 344-345
- 15. LEX FABIA ON KIDNAPPERS
- pp. 348-349
- 18. INVESTIGATIONS
- pp. 354-359
- 19. PUNISHMENTS
- pp. 359-368
- 20. PROPERTY OF CONDEMNED PERSONS
- pp. 368-371
- BOOK FORTY-NINE
- 1. APPEALS AND REFERRALS
- pp. 378-383
- 5. WHETHER APPEALS ARE TO BE ACCEPTED OR NOT
- pp. 385-386
- 14. RIGHTS OF THE IMPERIAL TREASURY
- pp. 389-399
- 16. MILITARY LAW
- pp. 407-411
- 17. PECULIUM CASTRENSE
- pp. 411-415
- 18. VETERANS
- p. 415
- BOOK FIFTY
- 1. MUNICIPES AND FOREIGN RESIDENTS
- pp. 416-421
- 2. DECURIONS AND THEIR SONS
- pp. 422-424
- 4. MUNERA AND OFFICES
- pp. 425-430
- 5. RELEASE AND EXEMPTION FROM MUNERA
- pp. 430-432
- 6. THE RIGHT OF IMMUNITY
- pp. 432-434
- 7. EMBASSIES
- pp. 434-436
- 9. DECREES MADE BY AN ORDO
- pp. 438-439
- 10. PUBLIC WORKS
- pp. 439-440
- 11. MARKETS
- p. 440
- 12. UNDERTAKINGS
- pp. 440-443
- 15. CENSUSES
- pp. 445-447
- 16. THE MEANING OF EXPRESSIONS
- pp. 447-470
- 17. VARIOUS RULES OF EARLY LAW
- pp. 470-483
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