Julius Paulus
Julius Paulus (
Life
Little is known of the life and family of Paulus; he was a man of Greek descent[citation needed], who originated from an unknown Phoenician town or from Patavium (modern Padua, Italy). The possibility that Paulus could come from Patavium is based on a statue with an inscription found in Patavium dedicated to a Paulus.[citation needed]
During the reign of emperors
Paulus's legal works
The Roman jurist Herennius Modestinus describes Paulus, along with Ulpian and Quintus Cervidius Scaevola, as among "the last of the great jurists". Paulus’ work was held in high respect.
He had written 319 various legal publications. His surviving works are extremely prolific, displaying a keen analysis of other opinions of jurists and Paulus expressed his legal views. He appears to have written on a great variety on legal subjects and had a thorough knowledge of legal subjects and law.
Paulus comments on the jurists
Paulus was one of the five jurists whose opinions were made constitutionally authoritative in 426 by
One sixth of the Corpus Juris Civilis in the Digest consists of Paulus’ work. He is the most excerpted Roman jurist in the Digest, ahead of Ulpian. The Digest attributes to Paulus the first articulation of the presumption of innocence in Roman law: Ei incumbit probatio qui dicit, non qui negat[2]—"Proof lies on him who asserts, not on him who denies".[3] Paulus in the Digest is also referred in two passages, which he gave a contrary opinion to Alexander Severus, but Severus chose Papinianus‘ opinion.
Pseudo-Pauline works
Due to his fame, several other works have been attributed to him, in particular the 3rd century compilation Pauli sententiae ("Paul's Views" or "Sentences").[4] From Paulus’ surviving works and works attributed to him, the Sententiae ad Filium have the longest fragments.[5]
Economics
In the
Editions
- Ruggiero, Iolanda, ed. (2023). Iulius Paulus, Ad legem iuliam et papiam libri X. Roma Bristol: L'Erma di Bretschneider. ISBN 9788891319968.
See also
Notes
- ^ Codex Iustinianus (in Latin). Berolini: apud Weidmannos. 1892. p. 195.
- ^ "Digesta seu Pandectae 22.3.2". Grenoble: Université Pierre-Mendés-France. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
- ISBN 0-8122-1636-9.
- ISBN 978-0-19-860641-3
- ^ A list of various legal publications from Paulus, see ‘Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology’ Archived 2008-04-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Schumpeter, Joseph A. (1954). History of Economic Analysis. Oxford University Press. — Part II (From the Beginnings to The First Classical Situation (to About 1790)), chapter 1 (Graeco-Roman Economics), section 7 (The Contribution of the Romans), page 70, footnote 6.
References
- The Ancient Library
- The Roman Law Library by Yves Lassard and Alexandr Koptev.
- Google book : Latin Literature A History, Gian Biagio Conte
External links
- The Opinions of Julius Paulus Addressed to His Son, Book I
- The Opinions of Julius Paulus Addressed to His Son, Book II
- The Opinions of Julius Paulus Addressed to His Son, Book III
- The Opinions of Julius Paulus Addressed to His Son, Book IV
- The Opinions of Julius Paulus Addressed to His Son, Book V
- Julius Paulus, in ‘Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology’, ancientlibrary.com