which I have preserved the following syllabus, printed
by him in explanation of his purpose.

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"COUNT DE GUROWSKI proposes to give Six Lectures upon the Roman
Jurisprudence, or the Civil Law according to the following syllabus:--

"As the history of the Roman Law is likewise the history of
the principle of the _Right_ (_das Recht_) as it exists in
the consciousness of men, and of its outward manifestation
as a law in an organized society; a philosophical outline of
this principle and of its manifestations will precede.

"The philosophical and historical progress of the notion or
conception of the _Right_, through the various moments or
data of jurisprudential formation by the Romans. Explanation
of the principal elements and facts, out of which was framed
successively the Roman law.

"Such are, for instance, the Ramnian, the Sabinian, or
Quiritian; their influence on the character of the
legislation and jurisprudence.

"The peculiarity and the legal meaning of the _jus
quiritium_. Explanation of some of its legal rites, as those
concerning matrimony, _jus mancipi, in jure cessio_, etc.

"The primitive _jus civile_ derived from _the jus
quiritium_. Point out the principal social element on which,
and through which, the _jus privatum_, connected with the
_jus civile_, was developed.

"The primitive difference between both these two kinds of
_jus_.

"Other elements of the Roman Civil Law. The _jus gentium_,
its nature and origin. How it was conceived by the Romans,
and how it acted on the Roman community. Its agency,
enlightening and softening influence on the Roman character,
and on the severity of the primitive _jus civile_.

"The nature, the agency of the praetorian or _edictorial_
right and jurisprudence.

"A condensed sketch of the Roman civil process. The
principal formalities and rules according to the _jus
quiritium, jus civile_, and the _edicta praetorum_.
Difference between the magistrate and the judge.

"The scientific development of the above-mentioned data in
the formation of the Roman Law, or the period between
Augustus and Alex. Severus. Epoch of the imperial
jurisconsults; its character.

"Decline. The codification of the Roman Law, or the
formation of the