Textbook on Roman Law

Name: Textbook on Roman Law
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ISBN: 9780199276073

ISBN-10: 0199276072

ISBN-13: 9780199276073

Edition: 3rd 2005 (Revised)

Authors: Andrew Borkowski, Paul du Plessis

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Within the space of a thousand years, Roman society transformed itself from an insignificant tribe on the Italian mainland struggling for territorial supremacy, to one of the most accomplished civilisations of the ancient world, whose Empire extended over the greater part of Western Europe, the Mediterranean and northern Africa. This transformation was not a chance event. It was a direct result of the Roman genius for government and the law. Through a relentless campaign of "empire building", Roman armies conquered and subjugated vast territories. Unlike other conquerors of the ancient world, however, the Romans were keenly aware that their dominance of these regions could only be…

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List price: $71.50
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/21/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 440
Size: 6.73" wide x 9.69" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.672
Language: English

Paul du Plessis is a Lecturer in Law at Edinburgh University. His research interests include letting and hiring in Roman law and the development of the European ius commune. He is a member of various organisations dedicated to the study of legal history, and holds the positions of webmaster ofthe Centre for Legal History at Edinburgh University and convener of the Edinburgh Roman Law Group. He is a founding member of the International Advisory Board of the Alan Watson Foundation, hosted by the University of Belgrade.



Preface to the Third Edition


Preface to the First Edition


Acknowledgements


Dates


Abbreviations


Guide to the companion web site



Introduction: Rome-a historical sketch



Monarchy



Republic



Empire



Further reading



The Roman Legal System



The sources of Roman law



Sources of law in the archaic period



Sources of law in the Republic



Sources of law in the Empire



The post-classical era



Justinian's codification



Further reading



Roman litigation



The perils of litigation



Early procedure: the legis actiones



The formulary system



The cognitio procedure



Further reading



The Law of Persons



Status, slavery and citizenship



Legal personality



Status



Freedom and the law of slavery



Citizens and non-citizens



Further reading



The Roman family



The paterfamilias and his household



Marriage and divorce



Adoption



Guardianship



Further reading



The Law of Property and Inheritance



Interests in property



The classification of property



Ownership



Possession



Servitudes



Contractual proprietary interests



Further reading



Acquiring ownership



Ius gentium methods of acquiring ownership



Ius civile methods of acquiring ownership



Gifts



Further reading



Inheritance



Introduction



Better to make a will?



Intestacy



Making a will



Heirs



Legacies



Testamentary freedom



Failure



Codicils and trusts



Further reading



The Law of Obligations



Contracts



Obligations in general



General features of Roman contracts



Consensual contracts



Verbal contracts



Contracts re



Contracts litteris



Innominate contracts



Pacts



Quasi-contract



Further reading



Delicts



Introduction



Wrongful damage to property



Theft and robbery



Insulting behaviour



Praetorian delicts



Animals



Quasi-delict



Further reading



Roman Law and the Modern World



Roman Law and the European ius commune



The legacy of Justinian's codification in the Dark Ages



The second life of Roman law



Roman law in England



Further reading


Bibliography