Historical Explanation of Justinian’s Institutes

Original title : EXPLICATION HISTORIQUE DES INSTITUTS DE L’EMPEREUR JUSTINIEN 1883

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1883
820 p.
Paperback

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Three-volume set of Joseph-Louis-Elzéar Ortolan’s historical explication of Justinian’s Institutes, published by Plon in Paris (1883). Volume I: XXVII + 820 pp.; Volume II: XIV + 768 pp.; Volume III: 949 pp. Original untrimmed paperback bindings with covers and spine in original state (first volume spine split). Ortolan, a major 19th-century French jurist despite a turbulent academic career due to…

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Date: 1883
Pagination: 820 p.
Binding: Paperback

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Original untrimmed paperback bindings with covers and spine in original state (first volume spine split)

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EXPLICATION HISTORIQUE DES INSTITUTS DE L'EMPEREUR JUSTINIEN, avec le texte, la traduction en regard, les explications sous chaque paragraphe
Paris, Plon, 1883, t. I : XXVII, 820 pp. ; t. II : XIV & 768 pp. ; t. III : 949 pp., broché, non rogne (couvertures en l'état, dos fendu au volume premier) Ortolan est un des plus importants juristes français du XIXeme siècle, malgré une carrière universitaire chaotique due a ses opinions nettement républicaines (v. N. Ventre-Denis, Ortolan 1802-1873, un juriste dans son siècle RHFD n 16, P. 172). Il publia en particulier des elements de droit penal fréquemment présentés dans ce catalogue mais aussi deux ouvrages de droit romain, dx92abord une explication historique des Institutes de Justinien et ensuite une histoire de la legislation romaine depuis son origine jusqu'à la legislation moderne.