INTRODUCTORY LECTURE,

&c. &c.

1. Tom clo.e.

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Preparing for Publication,

BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

ESSAYS ON SUBJECTS CONNECTED WITH THE

STATE OF SOCIETY IN IRELAND. Originally published within the last three Years, in the NORTH BRITISH REVIEW. Reprinted from that Journal.

STATE OF IRELAND IN 1847.
THE DEVON COMMISSION.
AGRARIAN OUTRAGES.

COLONIZATION FROM IRELAND.
STATE TRIALS IN IRELAND.
The Irish Poor LAW.

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FAUSTUS, FROM THE GERMAN OF GOETHE. new Edition.

ESSAYS ON SUBJECTS OF GENERAL LITERATURE, reprinted from the North BRITISH REVIEW and the DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE.

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THE ROMAN CIVIL LAW.

INTRODUCTORY LECTURE

ON THE

STUDY OF THE ROMAN CIVIL LAW,

DELIVERED IN

The Theatre of Trinity College, Dublin,

IN MICHAELMAS TERM, 1859.

BY

JOIN ANSTER, LL.D.,

REGIUS PROFESSOR OF CIVIL LAW IN THE UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN, AND VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL

IRISH ACADEMY.

DUBLIN:

Printed at the University Press.
HODGES AND SMITH, GRAFTON-STREET,

LONDON: LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS; JOHN W. PARKER.
OXFORD: J. VINCENT. CAMBRIDGE: J. DEIGHTON,

EDINBURGH: A. & C. BLACK.

1851.

TO

THE PROVOST AND SENIOR FELLOWS

Of Trinity College, Dublin ;

TO THE BENCHERS OF THE HONORABLE SOCIETY OF KING'S INNS,

ASSOCIATED WITH THEM IN PROMOTING THE GREAT OBJECT

OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION;

AND TO THE MEMBERS OF THE BAR IN BOTH KINDGOMS,

I DEDICATE THESE PAGES.