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A Casebook on Roman Family Law

This casebook presents representative texts from Roman legal sources that introduce the basic problems arising in Roman families, including marriage and divorce, the pattern of authority within households, the transmission of property between generations, and the supervision of orphans
eBook, English, 2003
Oxford University Press, New York, 2003
1 online resource (529 pages)
9781602568952, 9780199972432, 1602568952, 0199972435
826490417
Major Jurists Cited in This Casebook; Introduction to Roman Family Law; Chapter I. Basic Concepts; Chapter II. Marriage; Chapter III. Patria Potestas; Chapter IV. Succession; Chapter V. Tutelage and the Status of Children and Women; Appendix: Biographies of the Major Roman Jurists; Glossary of Technical Terms; Suggested Further Reading; Bibliography on the Roman Family; Index of Sources