"The best book for the student on all questions of the history of Roman legal precepts and doctrines." Roscoe Pound Outlines of Lectures on Jurisprudence (1943) 244 A translation of the "Introduction Historique" from Girard's classic Manuel Élémentaire de Droit Romain (first ed. 1896). Much more than a historical outline, it is a sophisticated introduction to the principles of Roman law. v, 228 pp.