20 August 2015
When one considers how Roman law and institutions survived Rome’s political dominion, the idea of the decline and fall of the empire becomes quite meaningless. J. Gaudement, Institutions de l’antiquité (Paris 1967)
20 August 2015
Moral of the Work: In war: resolution, in defeat: defiance, in victory: magnanimity, in peace: goodwill (Winston S. Churchill, The Second World War (London 1948), dedication in all six volumes).
20 August 2015
Sea power appeared above all to be intrinsically linked to democracy, and people in the Piraeus were even more democratically minded than those in Athens. J. Burckhardt, History of Greece, (New York 1963), p. 77.
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It is certain, furthermore, that the idea of the Rule of Law was clearly perceived by medieval thinkers and practitioners. The importance of this principle is far-reaching for the establisment of the modern society (R.C. van Caeneghem, Legal History: a European Perspective ( London 1991), p. 146-148.
20 August 2015
When respect for the law fades away, the freedom for violence rules. Mainzer Landfrieden 1235 (ubi iuris cessat auctoritas, excedit licencia seviendi).