THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. BY EDWARD GIBBON, Esq. IN TWELVE VOLUMES. nm VOL. VIII. mmmmm NEW EDITION. EDINBURGH: DRINTED FOR BELL AND BRADFUTE, PETER HILL, SILVESTER DOIG 1811. CONTENTS Idea of the Roman jurisprudence-The laws of the kings The twelve tables of the decemvirs-The laws of the peo.. ple-The decrees of the senate-The edicts of the magi strates and emperors-Authority of the civilians-Code, pandects, novels, and institutes of Justinian-I. Rights of |