Présentation de l'éditeur
Johannes a Sande or Johan van den Sande, who flourished during the second portion of the seventeenth century, established for himself a great reputation as an able and erudite judge of the Supreme Court of Friesland. Several works from his quill have been handed down to us, inclufling the Deciaiones Frisicae (a Dutch translation of which is also extant), de Prohibita rerum A lienatione and de A ctionum Oesaione. The monograph on Restraints upon Alienations has been translated by Mr. Walter S. Webber. Sanders treatise on Cession of Actions is a work of great merit and is accepted by the Courts of the South African Colonie8.as jhe leading authjtyjipon this branclxj Liithe law. Voet, Hubcr, Noodt and other distinguished writers on Roman-D utch law cite and rely upon Sande as their authority for statements made by them on the subject of Cessions. Sande swork on Cessions of Actions is, and has been for centuries, out of print, and it is more than doubtful whether a copy will be procurable in the near future. To prevent the loss of so valuable a work it has been thought expedient to preserve it in the form of an English translation. In rendering the original Latin into English it has been my aim and endeavour to adhere as closely as possible to a literal translation of the text in order to avoid the misconstruction often placed upon free translations. At the end of nearly every chapter will be found notes illustrative of the subject dealt with in the preceding chapter. These notes consist of references to South African decisions and other leading authorities upon the Roman Dutch law. I now offer this opusculwni to the profession with the hope that it may be found of some practical utility as a work of reference, and that the annotations, which have been carefully collated, may be the means of saving the busy practitioner some trouble. A ny suggestions which the er
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