Metzger, Ernest2005-10-172005-10-172004Law and History Review 22 (2004), pp. 243-750738-2480http://hdl.handle.net/2164/29This article argues that there was a fashion in the 19th and early 20th centuries to view the Roman judge as a kind of authentic voice of the people, and this encouraged the view—still existing today—that a Roman judge did not take any guidance from the decisions of other judges.465 bytestext/htmlen-USRoman lawvon Savigny, C.F.Journal Article