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BIBLIOGRAPHY

B. Cohen, Jewish and Roman Law (New York, 1966), Vol.
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A. M. Honoré, Causation in the Law (Oxford, 1959). W.
Jaeger, Paideia: The Ideals of Greek Culture, trans. Gilbert
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1955), Chs. 8 and 9. F. Schulz, History of Roman Legal
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THOMAS A. COWAN

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