Charles Sumner: “Rome, too, yet lives in her jurisprudence, which, next after…”

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Rome, too, yet lives in her jurisprudence, which, next after Christianity, has exerted a paramount influence over the laws of modern communities.

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Sumner points out the lasting impact of Roman law on contemporary legal systems.

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