Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from An Introductort Lecture, Delivered Before the Law Class of Columbia College, New York: On Monday, November 1, 1858
In fine, speaking in general terms, but two systems of civil jurisprudence have challenged the attention of the world: the civil law of Rome and the common law of England. The first drew the most refined and philosophical distinctions in regard to property. The more it is studied, the more its truly symmetrical and majestic proportions strike the beholder with.
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