The Superiority of Later Constitutions over Prior Ones

Notes

1. §1.4.4.prδιατάξεις — The Greek word διάταξις (nominative plural διατάξεις) is used in Roman jurisprudence as the equivalent of the Latin term constitutio (imperial constitution or decree).
2. §1.4.4.prτῶν πρὸ αὐτῶν — A genitive of comparison governed by the comparative ἰσχυρότεραι. The article τῶν substantivizes the prepositional phrase πρὸ αὐτῶν ('those before them'), where the pronoun αὐτῶν refers back to the subject διατάξεις.