BY THE SAME AUTHOR. THE SCIENCE OF LAW. Fifth edition. Crown Svo, cloth, 5s. “The object of this work is, inter alia, to bring before the student the results of the investigations and labours of Bentham, Austin, and Sir Henry Maine, so far as they contribute to the advancement of legal knowledge. . Much would remain unsaid though we discussed the author's very interesting volume at far greater length ; but this we can say, that it does 'open out to novices an unsuspected region of interest,' and that we hope with Mr. Amos it will ‘whet their curiosity and stimulate them to further research.'"-Law Times. Vol. X. in the International Scientific Series. THE SCIENCE OF POLITICS. Crown 8vo, cloth, 5s. “ Professor Amos has collected a great many observations and offered a great many opinions, some of which are original, and some of which are valuable.” “Athenæum. Vol. XLV. in the International Scientific Series. LONDON : KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH & Co., 1, PATERNOSTER SQUARE. THE HISTORY AND PRINCIPLES OF THE CIVIL LAW OF ROME AN AID TO THE STUDY OF SCIENTIFIC AND COMPARATIVE JURISPRUDENCE BY SHELDON AMOS, M.A. BARRISTER AT LAW, LATE PROFESSOR OF JURISPRUDENCE IN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON AND EXAMINER IN THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON AUTHOR OF "THE SCIENCE OF LAW, "SYSTEMATIC VIEW OF THE SCIENCE OF JURISPRUDENCE," "AN ENGLISH CODE," ETC. LONDON KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH & CO., 1, PATERNOSTER SQUARE 1883 TO SIR HENRY SUMNER MAINE, WHOSE HISTORICAL TREATISES AND CONSISTENT ADVOCACY OF AN HISTORICAL METHOD IN LEGAL STUDIES HAVE RESCUED THE LAWS OF ROME FROM THE NEGLECT INTO WHICH THEY HAD FALLEN IN ENGLAND AND ESTABLISHED FOR EVER THEIR ESSENTIAL RELATION TO EVERY SYSTEM OF LAW HAVING AN EUROPEAN PARENTAGE. |
