Roman Law and the Legal World of the Romans

Further Reading EEE

Primary Texts

By far the most important source is the Digest . There is an English translation by a team of scholars headed by Alan Watson; it comes as a stand-alone edition with a facing Latin original. At present there is no online English translation of the entire Digest. Watson , Alan (ed.) (1998). The Digest of Justinian. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. [English] ——— (1985). The Digest of Justinian. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. [English and Latin] The titles of the Digest on the major delicts (theft, iniuria , and dam num iniuria datum ) are easily accessible in a Penguin edition. Kolbert , C. (tr.) (1979). The Digest of Roman law: Theft, Rapine, Damage and Insult. New York: Penguin. There is a very convenient edition of Gaius’s Institutes , in both Latin and English, with notes and a generous outline. Robinson , O., and Gordon , W. (eds.) (1988). The Institutes of Gaius. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press. There is an edition, translation, and commentary on surviving statute law (of which there is surprisingly little) by another team.

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