The law rules every order of the state, and every condition of man; it governs wives and husbands; youth and age; the learned and the ignorant; the polished and the rude. It aims to provide the highest degree of...
ANCIENT LAW
After Romulus had distinguished the persons of higher rank from those of inferior condition, then he passed laws and apportioned the duties for each to do: the patricians to be priests and magistrates and judges; the plebeians to be...
Is not the knowledge of the Gods which we have set forth with so much zeal one of the noblest sorts of knowledge—to know that they are, and know how great is their power, as far as in man...
1. ‘O sinless One, the whole sacred law(sruti and smriti), are applicable to the four Varnas, has been declared by you; communicate to us (now), according to the truth, the ultimate retribution for (their) deeds.’ 2. To the great...
The magistrate, before whom the declaration is made, which it is proper for anyone to make as per with this law, shall provide that each person's name, the things which he has declared, and the day on which he...
The enactment of the Twelve Tables was preceded by a period of discontent and even active agitation, and the relations of the two parties were still in a sort of ferment, and incapable of satisfactory adjustment except by some...
