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life than that of a single πόλις, if these were sanctioned by the irresistible force of the imperium of the Roman magistrate.[1]
- ↑ On the subject of the jus gentium and the prætor's edict read Gaius, i. 1; Maine, Ancient Law, chs. iii. and iv.; Sohm's Institutes of Roman Law (translated by Ledlie), pp. 38-58. Cf. also Mommsen, Staatsrecht, iii. 590 foll., who embodies the researches of Professor Nettleship into the meaning and history of the phrase jus gentium.
