How do they provide examples of the limitations on patria potestas?

1) Read the following texts: Dig. 48.9.5; Dig. 48.5.24. How do these texts provide examples of patria potestas? How do they provide examples of the limitations on patria potestas? (My advice for this question is to think about the rationale behind each text. One text discusses how a father killing a child is punished; the other discusses circumstances in which a father could kill a child. Think about the differences in between the two.)
2) Read Cod. 8.47.4. What might this text add to our understanding of patriapotestas, especially by the later empire?

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