However, the tradition on which the school was based comes from the jurist Marcus Antistius Labeo.
Labeo spent half the year convening sessions at actual schools with regular students, who then carried forth his views and perspectives on the law.
Proculeians were thought to "push a legal principle to all its logical consequences,"[2] and the legal tradition they inherited from Labeo was one of liberalism influenced by a keen understanding of the science of the day.
[1] The Proculeians tried to enlarge the scope of Roman law, and tried to push legal innovations into practice such as were suggested by their liberal philosophy and the principles of reason.
The Roman legal compendium known as Digest records many decisions in which the Proculeians advocated.