“The book falls between two stools. It is not a simple digest of the Institutes, nor is it a proper critical treatment of the subject. Many of the sections show considerable power of lucid exposition, notably that on servitudes, and again that on legacies and that on dos. There is a good summary of the slave’s position in the matter of contract. But it is a pity that an elementary work should contain so many mistakes, and it is not altogether desirable that a work, professedly of that particular character, should now and again, on no apparent principle, give a cursory account of what requires deeper treatment.”
| + − | Acad. 71: 131. Ag. 11, ’06. 1190w. |
“The chief objection which can be taken to the author’s treatment of the subject is that it is not sufficiently Roman. The author has, we think, followed Maine a little too blindly in several instances. Despite these blemishes however, the book is, in our view, a great advance on any previous work of the same character written for the student, and should prove of considerable utility to him.”
| + − | Ath. 1907, 1: 162. F. 9. 410w. |
“Mr. Leage’s attempt may be said to be a thoroughly successful one. He has stated clearly and simply the law of the Institutes, avoiding controversy and showing good judgment where the evidence is conflicting. A few passages will need revision in a second edition, which will no doubt soon be called for.” H. Bd.
| + + − | Eng. Hist. R. 22: 192. Ja. ’07. 520w. |
“The work is admirably done, and should prove useful, not only to elementary students, but to anyone who wishes to be saved the trouble of referring to the original Institutes.”
| + | Nation. 84: 154. F. 14, ’07. 150w. |
“It will serve admirably for reading with the various titles of the Institutes either as introduction or review; and we do not suppose that without such aid even Roman law students found themselves equal to the bare texts, much less English students.”