The translation and publication of Matthaeus’ De Criminibus, which first appeared in 1644, was undertaken at the request of the South African Law Commission which is responsible for “making common-law authorities more readily available, or at any rate more intelligible” to those with little or no working knowledge of Latin. The original Latin text is now authoritatively translated into English. The original Latin text is reproduced on facing pages in these luxuriously bound collector’s editions.

• Introduction
• Bibliographical notes
• Notes on indices
• Bibliographical to Volumes I-IV
• Conspectus voluminis quarti
• Contents of volume IV

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• Academics
• Libraries
• Researchers