Principles and Maxims of Jurisprudence

Phillimore, John George. Principles and Maxims of Jurisprudence. London: John W. Parker and Son, 1856. xxiv, 408 pp. Reprinted 2001 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-177-1. Cloth. $85. * In this study of important principles and maxims of Roman law, Phillimore [1808-1865] provides commentary on selected maxims of Papinian, Ulpian, Paulus, Scaevola, Marcianus and Gaius; sets forth rules for the interpretation of law, contracts, and wills and discusses arguments used in the Pandects (Justinian's Digest). With a table of cases. Phillimore (son of Joseph Phillimore, editor of admiralty reports) was an English jurist called to the Bar in 1832 who later became a Reader in Constitutional Law and Legal History to the Inns of Court. Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University (1953) 921. Walker, The Oxford Companion to Law 956. Catalogue of the Library of the Law School of Harvard University (1909) II:343.John George Phillimore is the author of 'Principles and Maxims of Jurisprudence', published 2001 under ISBN 9781584771777 and ISBN 1584771771.