The Commentaries Of Gaius And Rules Of Ulpian (English and Latin Edition)

Originally published: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1885. xxvi, 501 pp. In Latin with a parallel English translation. The Gaii Institutionum Juris Civilis Commentarii Quatuor, or Institutes of Gaius, was compiled around 161 CE. Well-arranged and clearly written, it was the standard textbook for the next 300 years. One of the five authorities accepted by Justinian, it is the primary source of his Institutes. It was also the basis of the Breviarium Alaricianum, or Lex Romana Visigothorum. The Tituli ex Corpore Ulpiani, also known as the Epitome Ulpiani, Regulae Ulpiani or Rules of Ulpian is a collection of legal rules attributed to Ulpian. Many of these rules are similar to those in Gaius, and it is fruitful to have both works in the same volume for the purposes of comparison and clarification.