Domingo Roman Law

An Introduction
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-351-11146-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 252 Seiten

Roman Law: An Introduction offers a clear and accessible introduction to Roman law for students of any legal tradition. In the thousand years between the Law of the Twelve Tables and Justinian’s massive Codification, the Romans developed the most sophisticated and comprehensive secular legal system of Antiquity, which remains at the heart of the civil law tradition of Europe, Latin America, and some countries of Asia and Africa. Roman lawyers created new legal concepts, ideas, rules, and mechanisms that most Western legal systems still apply. The study of Roman law thus facilitates understanding among people of different cultures by inspiring a kind of legal common sense and breadth of knowledge.

Based on over twenty-five years’ experience teaching Roman law, this volume offers a comprehensive examination of the subject, as well as a historical introduction which contextualizes the Roman legal system for students who have no familiarity with Latin or knowledge of Roman history. More than a compilation of legal facts, the book captures the defining characteristics and principal achievements of Roman legal culture through a millennium of development.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Domingo, Rafael

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
List of abbreviations
Chronological Table

Part One: Roman Law in Historical Context
Chapter One: Basic Legal Concepts and Values
Chapter Two: Constitutional Background of Roman Law
Chapter Three: Sources of Roman Law
Chapter Four: The Jurists and the Legal Science
Chapter Five: Justinian and the Corpus Iuris
Chapter Six: The Revival of Roman Law

Part Two: Roman Law in Action
Chapter Seven: Civil Litigation
Chapter Eight: Family Law
Chapter Nine: Property Law
Chapter Ten: The Law of Succession
Chapter Eleven: The Law of Obligations: Contracts
Chapter Twelve: The Law of Obligations: Delicts

Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Rafael Domingo (1963, PhD 1987) is the Spruill Family Research Professor at Emory University in Atlanta, USA, and ICS Professor of Law at the University of Navarra, Spain. A specialist in legal history, legal theory, ancient Roman law, and comparative law, he has authored and editedmore thantwenty books, including Auctoritas (1999), Juristas Universales (2004), The New Global Law (2010), God and the Secular Legal System (2016), and Great Christian Jurists in Spanish History (2018).