The Institutes 535 CE part 9
5. So, too, a man may not marry his paternal aunt, even though she be so only by adoption; nor his maternal aunt; because...
The Institutes 535 CE part 8
X. Marriage.
Roman citizens are bound together in lawful matrimony when they are united according to law, the males having attained the age of puberty,...
The Institutes 535 CE part 7
2. But at the present day none of our subjects may use unrestrained violence towards their slaves, except for a reason recognized by law....
The Institutes 535 CE part 6
3. Freedmen were formerly divided into three classes. For those who were manumitted sometimes obtained a complete liberty, and became Roman citizens; sometimes a...
The Institutes 535 CE part 5
And it is sufficient if the mother is free at the time of the birth, although a slave when she conceived; and on the...
The Institutes 535 CE part 4
9. The unwritten law is that which usage has established; for ancient customs, being sanctioned by the consent of those who adopt them, are...
The Institutes 535 CE part 3
4. A lex is that which was enacted by the Roman people on its being proposed by a senatorian magistrate, as a consul. A...
The Institutes 535 CE part 2
II. Natural, Common, and Civil Law.
The law of nature is that law which nature teaches to all animals. For this law does not belong...
The Institutes 535 CE part 1
The Institutes 535 CE
Under the direction of Tribonian, the Corpus Iurus Civilis was issued in three parts, in Latin, at the order of...
The Miracle of the Jew part 3
Now there was not a man in the church save this Jew, for all the others were hearing the preachment which the Abbot made....
