eories of 44-45
to produce of labor 209

Nature, meaning of in Greek philosophy 31-32
state of 45

Necessary distinctions 172, 174

Negative community 207

Negligence 119-120, 165, 168, 177, 179, 270, 280
fiction of 179, 180
in speaking 280, 281
_per se_ 179

Neo-Hegelians 94, 98

Neo-Kantians 93, 98

New York, Code of Civil Procedure 105

_Nexum_ 249

_Nomos_, meanings of 22

Noxal liability 159

_Nudum pactum_ 246, 254, 273, 280

Oaths and vows 251

Obligation, civil 252
_ex contractu_ 146, 172
_ex delicto_ 146, 172, 174
_ex uariis causarum figuris_ 16, 172
meaning of 147
moral basis of 250
natural 250, 252-253
nature of 145
oaths as basis of 251-252
_quasi ex contractu_ 257
religious 244
will as basis of 250

Occupation 196, 211
as a legal transaction 213-214

Office or calling, duties attached to 173

Options 272, 274

Ownership, analytical theory of 222-224
development of the idea of 221-231
dogma that everything must be owned 199
things excluded from 199

_Pacta donationis_ 272

Pacts 248, 250, 261, 275

Partition 226-227, 228

Part performance 282

Paul, St. 77

_Peculium_ 227-228

_Pecunia credita_ 249

_Pedis possessio_ 222

Penal treatment, individualizing of 129-130

Penalty, for delict 149
of reparation 149

Personal government 135-136

Personality 191

Pessimism, juristic 57

Petty courts 130, 138

Philosophers, attempt to unify law and law making 19
attempt to reconcile authority with need of change 19
quest for an ultimate solving idea 19

Philosophical thinking, achievements of in law 16-18
as a force in administration of justice 16
needs determining as to law 18
possibilities of in law of contracts 284

Plato 24, 76

Pledge 251

Political interpretation 266

Positivism 54-56

Possession 233-234

Post-Glossators 37

Pothier 45

Primitive law 72-74
faith of in verbal formulas 154

Primogeniture 50

Principles 34, 53, 116

Procedure 111

Proculians 196

Promised advantages 191

Promises, abstract 255, 262, 263
an element in wealth 236
exchange of 254
"from ostentation" 256, 280, 281
moral duty to keep 262
philosophical theory of enforcing 283
simple 275
theories of enforcing 269-276
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