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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.17.122.pr

Favoring Liberty Above All Other Things

Passage 9182 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Gaius states the principle that liberty is to be favored above all other things in legal interpretation.

[GAIUS libro quinto ad edictum prouinciale. ] §50.17.122.prLibertas omnibus rebus fauorabilior est.
[GAIUS, in the fifth book on the provincial edict.] Liberty is more favored than all things.

Notes

  1. §50.17.122.promnibus rebus — Ablative of comparison dependent on the comparative `fauorabilior`, meaning "than all things."
  2. §50.17.122.prfauorabilior — The comparative of the adjective `fauorabilis` (favored, favorable). It represents the Roman legal principle of *favor libertatis*, which mandates that in cases of doubt, interpretation should lean in favor of liberty.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.17.122.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.17.122.pr

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