Encyclopedic Dictionary of Roman Law

This dictionary is intended to meet the needs of the student with little or no knowledge of Roman law or indeed of Latin. It seeks to provide a brief picture of Roman legal institutions and sources as a sort of first introduction to them. A very large number of brief-usually very brief-entries provide explanations of Roman legal terms, civil and criminal, and summary accounts of the sources. This is a formidable task to undertake single-handed, and Dr. Berger is to be congratulated on the great learning and thoroughness with which he has carried it through. ... The work ends with a remarkable general bibliography listing some fifteen hundred works under headings ranging from the main divisions of the law to 'Christianity and Roman Law' and 'Roman law in non-juristic sources.' This last is particularly valuable. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 List of abbreviations .................................... 336 Dictionary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338 English-Latin glossary ................................... 773 Bibliography ............................................. 786