The history of the Roman or Civil law : Shewing its origin and progress; how, and when the several parts of it were first compil'd; with some account of the principal writers and commentators thereupon: and of the method to be observ'd in studying the same. Written originally in French, by M. Claude Joseph de Ferriere. To which is added, Dr. Duck's treatise of the use and authority of the civil law in England. Translated into English by J.B. Esq.