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Roman Law Resources

Website providing information on Roman law sources and literature and on the teaching and study of Roman law. The site has been developed by Ernest Metzger at the Centre for the Study of the Civil Law Tradition, University of Aberdeen. Materials include collections of primary and secondary full text sources on Roman and civil law and links to the full-text online versions of Justinian's Digest and Palingenesia of Latin Laws. The site features a bulletin board, links to legal journals in the field, bibliographies, portals, projects and teaching materials.

Project Volterra

The website of Project Volterra is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Board and is based in the History Department of University College London. The aim of the project is to "promote the study of Roman legislation in its full social, political and legal context". This website provides access to the Project Volterra database containing "basic texts of imperial legal pronouncements, ancient interpretation of that material and reference to modern historical as well as legal commentary".

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