In this book, Andrew Riggsby offers a survey of the main areas of Roman law, both substantive and procedural, and how the legal world interacted with the rest of Roman life. Emphasizing basic concepts, he recounts its historical development and focuses in particular on the later Republic and early centuries of the Roman Empire. The volume is designed as an introductory work, with brief chapters that will be accessible to college students with little knowledge of legal matters or Roman antiquity. The text is also free of technical language and Latin terminology. It can be used in courses on Roman law, Roman history, or comparative law, but it will also serve as a useful reference for more advanced students and scholars.
Author(s): Andrew M. Riggsby
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2010
Language: English
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Contents
1. Introduction
Romans and Roman Law
Purposes
Structure
2. Roman History – The Brief Version
The Monarchy
The Republic
The Empire
Periods of Legal History
Roman Citizenship
3. Sources of Roman Law
The Principal Sources of Law
“The Edict”
Relationship between Sources
4. Sources for Roman Law
Technical Sources (Reference)
Technical Sources (Documentary)
Nontechnical Sources
5. The Legal Professions
The Two Professions
Some Complications
Other Terminology
6. Legal Education
7. Social Control
Violence
Defamation
Disgrace
Maintaining Order
8. Legal (In)equality
Costs of Litigation
Credibility
Corruption
9. Writing and the Law
Writing the Laws
Documents and Sayings
Documents in Legal Proceedings
10. Status
Freedom and Slavery
Citizenship
Statuses of the Free
Age
Insanity
Peculium and Agency
11. Civil Procedure
Formulary Procedure
Legis Actiones
Cognitio
12. Contracts
13. Ownership and Possession
Ownership
Possession
The Actio Publiciana
14. Other Rights over Property
Usus and Usufruct
Servitudes
Damnum Infectum
Joint Ownership
15. Inheritance
Wills
Intestate Succession
Fideicommissa
16. Women and Property
Women and Marriage
Guardianship of Women
Dowry
17. Family Law
Marriage and Divorce
Extramarital Affairs
Children
Christianity
18. Delict
Damnum Iniuria Datum (Property Damage)
Furtum (Theft)
Iniuria
19. Crimes and Punishments
Republican Procedures
Republican Offenses
Changes under the Empire
20. Religious Law
Sacred Things
Checking with the Gods
The Power of Religious Law
21. Law in the Provinces
Citizenship and Jurisdiction
Law in the Provinces
Foreign Effects on Roman Law
22. Conclusion
Documents
Where are these documents from?
A Note on Names
[1] TPSulp 2
[2] TPSulp 4
[3] TPSulp 23
[4] TPSulp 43
[5] TPSulp 45
[6] TPSulp 46
[7] TPSulp 48
[8] TPSulp 49
[9] TPSulp 51
[10] TPSulp 54
[11] TPSulp 56
[12] TPSulp 60
[13] TPSulp 68
[14] TPSulp 78
[15] TPSulp 79
[16] TPSulp 82
[17] FIRA 3.24
[18] FIRA 3.47
[19] FIRA 3.54
[20] FIRA 3.64
[21] FIRA 3.80s
[22] FIRA 3.81g+h
[23] FIRA 3.85c+f
[24] FIRA 3.106 a, c, f, i, and m
[25] FIRA 3.137
[26] P. Yadin 28–30
[27] Pliny, Letters 68 and 69
Pliny to Emperor Trajan
Trajan to Pliny
Glossary
Index
Further Reading
PRIMARY TEXTS
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