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Notes Toward A History Of American Justice, Lawrence M. Friedman
Notes Toward A History Of American Justice, Lawrence M. Friedman
Buffalo Law Review
Adapted from the Mitchell lecture delivered by the author at the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law on October 17, 1973
The Rescripts Of The Emperor Probus (276-282 A.D.), Alan Watson
The Rescripts Of The Emperor Probus (276-282 A.D.), Alan Watson
Scholarly Works
In an earlier study, I examined the private law in the rescripts of Carus and his two sons, the Emperors who ruled from 282 to 284, immediately before the accession of Diocletian, and found as the main conclusion that, despite everything, the quality of legal decision had remained reasonably high. This paper considers the four rescripts that survive from the troubled reign of the preceding Emperor, Probus. None contains a great legal innovation; none shows a drastic lowering of legal standards. Their importance lies in what they reveal about general matters. Despite the enormous military and economic problems of the …