A Casebook on Roman Family LawOxford University Press, 2004 - 506 strán (strany) The Roman household (familia) was in many respects dramatically different from the modern family. From the early Roman Empire (30 B.C. to about A.D. 250) there survive many legal sources that describe Roman households, often in the most intimate detail. The subject matter of these ancient sources includes marriage and divorce, the property aspects of marriage, the pattern of authority within households, the transmission of property between generations, and the supervision of Roman orphans. This casebook presents 235 representative texts drawn largely from Roman legal sources, especially Justinian's Digest. These cases and the discussion questions that follow provide a good introduction to the basic legal problems associated with the ordinary families of Roman citizens. The arrangement of materials conveys to students an understanding of the basic rules of Roman family law while also providing them with the means to question these rules and explore the broader legal principles that underlie them. Included cases invite the reader to wrestle with actual Roman legal problems, as well as to think about Roman solutions in relation to modern law. In the process, the reader should gain confidence in handling fundamental forms of legal thinking, which have persisted virtually unchanged from Roman times until the present. This volume also contains a glossary of technical terms, biographies of the jurists, basic bibliographies of useful secondary literature, and a detailed introduction to the scholarly topics associated with Roman family law. A course based on this casebook should be of interest to anyone who wishes to understand better Roman social history, either as part of a larger Classical Civilization curriculum or as a preparation for law school. |
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... Status 97 Case 43: Showing Reverence 99 Case 44: An Affront to a Spouse 100 Case 45: No Infamy 101 Section 3. Procreation and Sexual Fidelity Case 46: An Unknown Son 104 Case 47: Notice of Pregnancy 105 Case 48: Protecting the Unborn ...
... Acts Case 139: Noxal Actions 292 Case 140: Liability and Status 294 Case 141: Defending the Son 295 Case 142: Wrongs against Children-in-Power 296 Part C. Creation and Termination Section 1. Birth Case 143: xv Contents.
... Status 298 Case 144: Presuming a Father 299 Case 145: Periods of Gestation 300 Case 146: Strange Bedfellows? 302 Case 147: A Divorced Wife Takes Vengeance 303 Section 2. Adrogation and Adoption Case 148: Adrogation 304 Case 149: The ...
... Status of Children and Women Part A. Children, Young Adults, Lunatics, and Spendthrifts Section 1. The Tutelage of Children Case 213: Defining Tutelage 425 Case 214: Appointing a Tutor 426 Case 215: The Tutor as Owner 428 Case 216 ...
... Status of Women Section 1. The Permanent Tutelage of Women Case 225: The Weaker Sex? 450 Case 226: The Tutor's Authorization 453 Case 227: Escaping a Tutor 454 Case 228: Women's Wills 455 Section 2. Women's Public Position Case 229 ...
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Introduction to Roman Family Law | 3 |
Chapter I Basic Concepts | 11 |
Chapter II Marriage | 25 |
Chapter III Patria Potestas | 189 |
Chapter IV Succession | 321 |
Chapter V Tutelage and the Status of Children and Women | 423 |
Biographies of the Major Roman Jurists | 471 |
Glossary of Technical Terms | 479 |
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A Casebook on Roman Family Law Bruce W. Frier,Thomas A. J. McGinn,Thomas A. McGinn Obmedzený náhľad - 2004 |