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Professor Paul Vinogradoff, of the University of Oxford, delivered the fourth of his series of lectures on the "Elements of Ancient Law" in the North Lecture Room of Austin Hall last night. The subject of the lecture was "Compromise." Tonight he will lecture on "Religious Authority" in the same room at 8 o'clock...
Professor Vinogradoff traced the evolution of compromise from self-help, and mentioned its advantages over self-help. He said that compromise comes when revenge is put aside. In cases of compromise, one has to deal with larger forces than the individual. Compromise is obtained by means of the trial, which may be conducted according to the laws of combat, by oath, or by arbitration. In a trial by combat, the opponents settle their differences in the court room. If they happen to be of different sexes, the man is hampered by bonds. In a trial by oaths, the oaths were...
Professor Paul Vinogradoff, professor of Jurisprudence at Oxford University, delivered the third of his series of lectures on "The Elements of Law" on the subject of "Self-help," in the Lecture Room of Austin Hall last evening. The next lecture will be given tonight at 8 o'clock on the subject of "Compromise." It will be open to the public...
Professor Vinogradoff said that ancient law was essentially a rule of conduct, which addressed itself to the will and the moral sense of the individual. Legal evolution has been slowly developed from a union of law and right. In Roman times, right often existed without any laws whatever to affect it, and wrong was usually merely the violation of private or individual interest...
...LECTURES ON ANCIENT LAW. IV. "Compromise." Professor Vinogradoff. North Room, Austin Hall...