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Inspired by the revival of study of Roman civil law, clerical scholars began to organize the various pronouncements of Popes and councils on ecclesiastical discipline over the centuries, ...
Roman Polanski, the Oscar-winning director who fled the U.S. after pleading guilty to statutory rape in 1977, has settled a separate civil case involving an alleged sexual assault of a 13-year-old ...
The importance Virginia law places on the possession of property in determining ownership is nothing new. In fact, it dates all the way back to Roman law…. By Justinian's time (482–565 A.D ...
to express his position on abortion and the civil law, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, 67, recently invoked an ancient Roman legend, and his choice says a great deal about the worldview of this key prelate ...
The law requires Catholic priests to break the confessional seal to report information about suspected child abuse or neglect.
The silver coins, mainly from the first century B.C., were unearthed in Tuscany in Italy and are hidden relics from a turbulent time in Roman history. When you purchase through links on our site ...
View our world through the eyes of the Ancient Greeks and Romans, inventors of theater, democracy, Civil law, and straight roads! UD’s Ancient Greek and Roman Studies program allows students to ...
Prof. Dr. Éva Jakab is a Professor of Civil Law and Roman Law at the Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary. As an internationally recognised expert on Roman law, she has published ...