Tony Honore

Justinian's Digest

Character and Compilation

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Produktbeschreibung

This book collects Honoré's groundbreaking work on the composition of Justinian's Digest, among the most important texts in Roman Law. It reconstructs the methodology of the Digest's composition, and examines the broader issues raised by the Digest's creation - how it was conceived by its compilers, its purpose, and its impact.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9780199593309
• ISBN-10: 0199593302
• Artikelnr.: 47869875

Autorenporträt

Tony Honoré is the Emeritus Regius Professor of Civil Law at Oxford University. An Honorary Fellow of All Souls College, Professor Honoré has been teaching at Oxford for over sixty years. He is the author over twenty books on legal philosophy, trust law, and Roman legal history, including (with H.L.A. Hart) Causation in the Law, two editions of Ulpian, Law in the Crisis of Empire, the edited volumes Making Law Bind and Responsibility and Fault, and About Law.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction
2: How Tribonian Organized the Compilation of Justinian's Digest
3: The Distribution of Authors and Works to the Committees
4: Editing the Digest
5: Late Arrivals. The Appendix Reconsidered
6: Some Digest Texts of Ulpian Attributed to Paul
Addendum A: Bluhme-Krüger Ordo (updated)
Addendum B: Analysis of Displaced Texts
Bibliography
Index of Texts