The Institutes 535 CE part 4
9. The unwritten law is that which usage has established; for ancient customs, being sanctioned by the consent of those who adopt them, are...
The Institutes 535 CE part 3
4. A lex is that which was enacted by the Roman people on its being proposed by a senatorian magistrate, as a consul. A...
The Institutes 535 CE part 2
II. Natural, Common, and Civil Law.
The law of nature is that law which nature teaches to all animals. For this law does not belong...
The Institutes 535 CE part 1
The Institutes 535 CE
Under the direction of Tribonian, the Corpus Iurus Civilis was issued in three parts, in Latin, at the order of...
The Venetian Silk-Mercer part 6
I know that he is a familiar friend, very dear to you, and that you love him as well as woman ever loved such...
The Venetian Silk-Mercer part 5
“Then let him come. Why do not you show him in?” answered a voice that startled our poor tradesman, as he hastened to obey...
The Venetian Silk-Mercer part 4
“Then,” returned Messer Gherardo, “I am the man who found the bracelet; but I will never restore it, except it be to the lady...
The Venetian Silk-Mercer part 3
When he heard it amounted to at least two hundred ducats, he suddenly bethought him of the richly dressed lady who stood near him...
The Venetian Silk-Mercer part 2
Messer Gherardo turned his eyes towards her a few moments, anxious to profit by so lovely and edifying an example, without the least alloy...
The Venetian Silk-Mercer part 1
Carlo Gozzi (1720—1806)
After the first outburst of the Renaissance, Italy entered upon a period of intellectual and artistic decline extending into the Nineteenth Century;...
