Excerpt from Imperatoris Iustiniani Institutionum: Libri Quattuor; With Introductions, Commentary, and Excursus The text which I have followed is that published by Krueger in his and Mommsen's edition of the Corpus I aris C lvilis and in writing the Introduction, Commentary, and Excursus, I hope I have consulted the best and most recent authorities; above all, I must mention Girards Mannel elernentalre de Droil Romain (4th edition), a masterly treatise of which it is to be hoped an English translation may before long be published. The regret which I have expressed in the Preface to earlier editions as to the lack of good Manuals in English upon the elements of Roman Law appears to be losing its justification Mr. W. W. Buckland's Elementary Principles of Private Roman Law, which from his earlier work on the Roman Law of Slavery may be confidently expected to be of great value, has just been published, and it is believed that we may not have to wait long for results of equal importance from the Oxford School of Law. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.