In Lecture , I discussed to some extent the phenomenon that for Roman laws (and edicts too) we frequently had no discussion of the rationale for the institution, that rules continued to exist even when they were inappropriate and this was known to the jurists. They made little or no attempt to have the law changed by governmental intervention. Rather, they sought - at times - to improve the law by interpretation which did not fit. I wish to open this lecture with two more examples, one brief on theft, furtum, a longer one on a detail of ususfructus, liferent. Rationale of Law, and Authority LECTURE 6
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