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    Compulsion in Roman Law
    (2006-04-13T15:42:56Z) Du Plessis, Jacques
    An overview of metus and condictio in Roman law.
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    The Recovery of Benefits Conferred Under Illegal or Immoral Transactions
    (2006-04-13T13:11:19Z) Meyer-Spasche, Rita
    An overview of the condictio ob turpem causam in Roman law
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    Adam Smith and Roman Servitudes
    (2005-11-03T14:31:04Z) Metzger, Ernest
    This essay discusses Adam Smith historical jurisprudence and his use of Roman law materials in his Lectures on Jurisprudence. It argues that Smith found it difficult to maintain his theory of legal development in the face of a highly developed body of Roman law literature.
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    The Case of Petronia Iusta
    (Office international de librairie, 2000) Metzger, Ernest
    This article examines a lawsuit from the 70s AD, concering a young woman from Herculaneum.
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    Postscript on nova species and Kinloch Dampf Ltd. v. Nordvic Salmon Farms Ltd.
    (Roman Law Society of America, 2004) Metzger, Ernest
    This article examines a case from the outer house of the Court of Session in Scotland. The case deals with the ownership of living things, and in particular the issue whether a person can become owner of a living thing via the civilian doctrine of specification.
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    Roman Law in Britain
    (Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 2000) Evans-Jones, Robin
    The paper discusses, first, how classical Roman law can become highly suffused through exposure to a more unusual influence: English law; second, how it has nevertheless proved, on occasion, to be inspirational for English law; and third, why the fact of that influence has sometimes had to be suppressed. The bridge between Roman law and English law is provided by Scotland.
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    Quare? Argument in David Daube, After Karl Popper
    (Roman Law Society of America, 2004) Metzger, Ernest
    This article considers the method of argument favoured by David Daube (1909-1999), a scholar of Roman and biblical law. It suggests that Daube used a method of argument championed by Karl Popper (1992-1994), a philosopher of science.