Cessante Ratione Legis Cessat Ipsa Lex (The Plight of the Detained Material Witness)Casula, JosephDowd, MorganCath.u.l.rev Cessante Ratione Legis Cessat Ipsa Lex
cessante ratione legis cessat ipsa lex 'the law itself ceases if the reason of the law ceases,' a controversial doctrine that has, on the face of it, reason on its side. The difficulty, especially in a case-based system, is to agree upon what is the rationale of the law. The ...
The most significant action in terms of which innkeepers could be held liablefor the theft of their guests' property can be traced back to the praetor's edictde nautis cauponibus et stabulariis. The actio de recepto was a remedygranted to give effect to a form of guarantee known as the...