Principles and Maxims of Jurisprudence

The legal maxims of Roman law. Originally published: London: John W. Parker and Son, 1856. xxiv, 408 pp. In this study of important principles and maxims of Roman law, Phillimore provides commentary on selected maxims of Papinian, Ulpian, Paulus, Scaevola, Marcianus and Gaius; sets forth rules for the interpretation of law, contracts, and wills and discusses arguments used in the Pandects (Justinian s Digest). With a table of cases.