An Introduction to Roman Law (Clarendon Law Series)

Annotation This book sketches the history of Roman Private Law from the Twelve Tables to modern times, and sets out the elements of the system. It does not attempt to summarize the whole law, but explains and evaluates its most characteristic and influential features Frontmatter I. HISTORY AND SOURCES OF THE LAW I. INTRODUCTION (page 1) 1. The claims of Roman Law (page 1) 2. The constitutional and historical background (page 3) II. SOURCES OF THE LAW (page 14) 1. Statues (page 14) 2. Edicts of Magistrates (page 19) 3. Juristic Interpretation (page 28) III. THE WORK OF JUSTINIAN (page 38) The Corpus Iuris Civilis (page 39) Character of the Digest (page 42) IV. THE SECOND LIFE OF ROMAN LAW (page 45) Survival in the East (page 45) Survival and revival in the West (page 46) The Reception of Roman law (page 48) The Humanist revival (page 50) Natural law (page 50) Codification and the modern Civil law (page 51) The modern historical study of Roman law (page 53) V. IUS NATURALE, IUS GENTIUM (page 54) II. LAW OF PERSONS Introductory. The arrangement of the Institutes (page 60) Formalism (page 61) 1. Main features of the law (page 64) 2. Creation and termination of slavery (page 71) 3. Creation and termination of patria potestas (page 76) 4. Marriage (page 80) 5. Guardianship (page 90) 6. Capitis deminutio (page 96) III. LAW OF PROPERTY Introductory. The Law of Things (page 98) 1. Fundamental Distinctions (page 99) 2. Posession (page 107) 3. Modes of acquistion of corporeal things (page 115) 4. Derivative modes-Conveyances (page 116) 5. Original Civil Mode-Prescription (page 120) 6. Original natural modes (page 130) 7. Servitudes (page 140) 8. Other iura in re aliena (page 148) 9. Ownership (page 153) IV. LAW OF OBLIGATIONS Introduction (page 158) I. CONTRACTS (page 159) 1. Historical Development (page 159) 2. The Informal Contracts (page 167) 3. The Formal Contracts (page 193) 4. Discharge of Obligations (page 198) 5. Privity of Contract (page 199) 6. Suretyship (page 204) 7. Modern Civil law (page 205) II. DELICT AND QUASI-DELICT (page 207) 1. Introduction (page 207) 2. Furtum and Rapina (page 211) 3. Iniuria (page 215) 4. Damnum iniuria datum (page 218) 5. Praetorian delicts (page 222) 6. Noxal liability (page 223) 7. Quasi-delict (page 224) 8. Modern law (page 226) III. QUASI-CONTRACT (page 227) Negotiorum gestio (page 227) The condictio (page 229) Unjust enrichment (page 231) V. LAW OF SUCCESSION (page 234) 1. General Principles-Civil law (page 235) 2. Praetorian law-Bonorum possessio (page 243) 3. Intestate Succession (page 246) 4. Testamentary Succession (page 251) 5. Gifts out of the Inheritance (page 264) SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (page 271) GLOSSARY (page 273) INDEX (page 293) Sketches the history of Roman private law; outlines its framework, explains and evaluates its most characteristic and influential features