decemvirs [Lat.,=ten men], in ancient Rome, group of 10 men appointed to a special judicial or executive capacity. The most famous were those who developed in the 5th cent. BC the Laws of the Twelve Tables, the primary Roman code. There was a permanent decemvirate of priests that guarded the Sibylline Books (see sibyl ).
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The Republic matures: the Roman Republic was not built in a day, but was the product of generations of reform and even some serious reverses.(History--Rome)
The New American; 10/18/2004; Bonta, Steve; 2406 words;
... then appointed a council of 10 men, the Decemvirs. They were charged with producing a body ... unchanged. After much deliberation, the Decemvirs produced the famed Twelve Tables of Roman ... Lawgivers to Despots The story of the Decemvirs, however, did not end with the creation ...
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Nomos, narrative, and adjudication: toward a jurisgenetic theory of law.
William and Mary Law Review; 5/1/1999; Snyder, Franklin G.; 43970 words;
... 95.) Id. (96.) Others have noted the connection between the thought of Gierke and Cover. See, e.g., Perry Dane, The Maps of Sovereignty: A Meditation, 12 CARDOZO L. REV. 959, 963-64, 964 n.17 (1991) (noting both Gierke and Cover as major influences ... understood by reference to the infancy of procedure among the German ...
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Michigan Law Review; 5/1/1995; Carrier, Michael A.; 9744 words;
... understood by reference to the infancy of procedure among the German tribes, or to the social condition of Rome under the Decemvirs. P. 170 (quoting OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, JR., THE COMMON LAW 2). (26.)Holmes's lectures on criminal law, torts, and contracts ...
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The Politics of Distinction and Disobedience: Honor and the Defense of Liberty in Montesquieu.(Charles-Louis de Secondat Montesquieu, 18th-century French lawyer and political philosopher)
Polity; 3/22/1999; Krause, Sharon; 15010 words;
... describing how the Roman senate and people rebelled against the decemvirs after the death of Virginia, Montesquieu indicates how the ... her father to modesty and to liberty, made the power of the decemvirs evaporate. Each one was free because each one took offense ...
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