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Ulpian

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Ulpian [ˈʌlpɪən]
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(Biographies / Ulpian (death date: ?228) M, Romannational of birth: Phoenician, LAW: jurist) Latin name Domitius Ulpianus. died ?228 ad, Roman jurist, born in Phoenicia


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He goes on to argue that such notions as the rule of law, separation of powers, and checks and balances find their roots in Christianity--claims which totally ignore the much earlier roots to be found in such authors as Aristotle, Cicero, and Ulpian.
89) If, as Ulpian maintains, the Roman law of falling objects applied equally to a building's occupier, regardless of whether a plaintiff could show the "throwing down" was intentional or unintentional, then its effect would be functionally the same as the presumption made in Byrne, namely that liability can exist where the only evidence is the fact that a vessel (or a barrel) fell on the plaintiff.
The definition of the Roman jurisconsult Ulpian, placed at the beginning of the Digest--law is the constant and perpetual will to render his right to each man (6)--echoes Cicero.
 
 
 
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