- Translation and transcription of the unpublished manuscript of professor Jacobus Voorda's lectures at the University of Utrecht in Holland, written between 1744 and 1760. Voorda based his lectures on a three hundred page manual in which he provided the Roman Law position as in Justinian's Digest and then a brief statement of the contemporary position in the Netherlands. This text with its translation is included in the edition. Dictata ad ius hodiernum paints an invaluable portrait of eighteenth-century Dutch contemporary law as the country's university system underwent rapid expansion to include the provinces of Gelderland, Overijssel, Friesland, and Groningen.Dictata ad ius Hodiernum is a transcription from a hitherto unpublished 17th Century manuscript of over 1,000 pages. The manuscript, translated from Latin into English, consists of lectures given by Jacobus Voorda at the University of Utrecht during the period 1744-1760. Voorda based his lectures on a three hundred page manual in which he provided the Roman Law position as in Justinian's Digest and then a brief statement of the contemporary position in the Netherlands. This text with its translation is included in the edition. Dictata ad ius hodiernum paints an invaluable portrait of eighteenth-century Dutch contemporary law as the country's university system underwent rapid expansion to include the provinces of Gelderland, Overijssel, Friesland, and Groningen. Voorda's lectures are supported with copious references to current legal literature. Hewett's publication is an invaluable source of new material. The Latin text transcribed from the Master's manuscript is presented on the left-hand page and the English translation on the right. The citations, rendered into the modern form, provide easy access to the contemporary literature. The introduction gives thorough information on such matters as the Voorda family, the nature of the manuscript and an assessment of Voorda as lecturer and scholar. This work is an essential tool for international law schools, legal historians, scholars and all who's interest lies in the relationship of law and society. Margret Hewett has been awarded an Orde van Oranje-Nassau (Officer) for this 2-volume work.