Engaging study of key issues in Roman water regulation from legal and environmental history, both ancient and modern.

This volume contains all of the Roman law, concerning fresh water, found in the Cerpus juris civillis.

Excerpt from Roman Water Law: Translated From the Pandects of Justinian 1. The Common Law and the Civil Law. The United States inherited from Europe two great systems of jurisprudence - one the Common Law and the other the Civil Law. The eastern part of the territory of the United States began with the Common Law. The territory west of the Mississippi inherited the Civil Law through the prior sovereignty of either Spain or France or both. The Common Law has invaded most of the area of the Western states, formerly subject to the Civil Law, yet there are many great questions of both title and right still dependent there for settlement upon the rules of the Civil Law. Among the great questions thus dependent is the law of water. The history of the Civil Law, as applicable to such questions, is derived from - First, The Roman Law. Second, The Spanish Law as derived from the Roman Law. Third, The French Law as derived from the Roman Law. Fourth, The Mexican Law as derived from the Spanish Law. 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.

This volume introduces Roman property law by means of "cases" consisting of brief excerpts from Roman juristic sources in Latin with English translations. The cases are followed by series of analytical questions and translated excerpts from modern civil codes to illustrate the dynamic character and continuing life of the Roman legal tradition.

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