Excerpt from The Institutes: A Textbook of the History and System of Roman Private Law The first edition of the English translation of Professor Sohm's 'Institutes' was based on the fourth edition of the German original. The present (the second) edition is based on the eighth and ninth German editions, which were published simultaneously about the middle of last year. As compared with the earlier editions, the seventh German edition contained a large number of alterations and additions, the greater part of which were due, directly or indirectly, to the passing of the German Civil Code. The latest German editions (the eighth and ninth) differ only in details from the seventh. The nature and purpose of the principal alterations and additions are sufficiently explained in Professor Grueber's Introduction, and in the opening sections of the book itself. In this place it will be enough to state briefly where the more substantial alterations and additions are to be found. 2 to 5 have been rewritten in view of the changes caused by the German Civil Code. The greater part of 7 I (The Conception of Law and the Legal System) is new. In 8 the portion dealing with legal Interpretation (pp. 30, 31) has been enlarged. 9 and 10 and the concluding part of 11 (pp. 54, 55) are new. The section on 'The Beginnings of the Jus Gentium' ( 13) has been altered and enlarged. The Praetorian Edict is more fully dealt with than in the first English edition. 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."
