[PAPINIANUS libro secundo quaestionum. ] §2.14.38.prIus publicum priuatorum pactis mutari non potest.
[PAPINIANUS, Questions, book 2] Public law cannot be altered by the agreements of private individuals.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §2.14.38.pr
Inability of Private Pacts to Alter Public Law
Summary
Papinianus states the fundamental legal principle that public law cannot be altered or derogated from by agreements between private individuals.
Notes
- §2.14.38.prpriuatorum pactis — The ablative plural pactis, from pactum (agreement, contract), functions as an ablative of means modifying the passive infinitive mutari. The genitive plural priuatorum, from priuatus (private individual), functions as a subjective genitive qualifying pactis (meaning agreements made by private individuals).
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