Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-10-2008

Abstract

Justice Frederick H Blume attorney and longtime Justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court singlehandedly translated Justinians Code and Novels in the early twentieth century His is the only English translation of the Code to have been made from the Latin version accepted as most authoritative Using Blumes papers this article describes among other things how Blume created the extensive Roman law library needed for his translation his approach to translation and his collaboration with Clyde Pharr on Pharrs Corpus Juris Romani series The article also describes the authors editing and digitization of Justice Blumes translation

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