A Casebook on Roman Family LawOxford University Press, 6. 11. 2003 - 529 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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Strana ix
... Paul but actually of considerably later date; and the Excerpts from Ulpian's Writings (Tituli ex Corpore Ulpiani; also sometimes called Ulpiani Regularum Epitome), which probably has only a loose connection to Ulpian. Although these ...
... Paul but actually of considerably later date; and the Excerpts from Ulpian's Writings (Tituli ex Corpore Ulpiani; also sometimes called Ulpiani Regularum Epitome), which probably has only a loose connection to Ulpian. Although these ...
Strana xxi
... (PAUL) Domitius ULPIANUS (ULPIAN) Aelius MARCIANUS (MARCIAN) Herennius MODESTINUS Alexander Severus (222–235) Note: The Latin name by which each jurist is referred to in the text and listed in the Appendix is capitalized. The Appendix ...
... (PAUL) Domitius ULPIANUS (ULPIAN) Aelius MARCIANUS (MARCIAN) Herennius MODESTINUS Alexander Severus (222–235) Note: The Latin name by which each jurist is referred to in the text and listed in the Appendix is capitalized. The Appendix ...
Strana 10
... Paul nails down a subtle legal point by casually observing that, after all, Roman fathers had once been permitted to kill their own children. Should Paul's words be understood as nostalgia or as irony? CHAPTER I Basic Concepts This ...
... Paul nails down a subtle legal point by casually observing that, after all, Roman fathers had once been permitted to kill their own children. Should Paul's words be understood as nostalgia or as irony? CHAPTER I Basic Concepts This ...
Strana 12
... (Paul in the second book on Sabinus) There are three kinds of change for the worse in civil status: greatest, middle, and least, corresponding to the three things that we have: freedom, citizenship, and household (familia). When we lose ...
... (Paul in the second book on Sabinus) There are three kinds of change for the worse in civil status: greatest, middle, and least, corresponding to the three things that we have: freedom, citizenship, and household (familia). When we lose ...
Strana 33
... (Paul, Sent.2.19.6). Paul (D. 16.3.27) reports an interesting case in which a free Roman gave his daughter-in-power as wife to another man's slave, even supplying a “dowry.” Paul rules that since there is no valid marriage, there is also ...
... (Paul, Sent.2.19.6). Paul (D. 16.3.27) reports an interesting case in which a free Roman gave his daughter-in-power as wife to another man's slave, even supplying a “dowry.” Paul rules that since there is no valid marriage, there is also ...
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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 |
Suggested Further Reading | 489 |
Bibliography on the Roman Family | 491 |
Index of Sources | 495 |
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