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Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langj�igem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - berieben, besto�n und mit leichten Randl�ren, Knicke im Einband, Flecken auf Hinterdeckel, Buchschnitt verschmutzt, handschriftliche Anmerkung auf Vorsatz, einige Seiten weisen leichte Knicke auf / rubbed, scuffed and with light edge wear, creases in cover, stains on back cover, book cut dirty, handwritten note on endpaper, some pages have light creases. - Roman Private Law claims the attention of the modern reader for two reasons. It is the most original product of the Roman mind. And it is the main source of the common stock of legal ideas which characterizes the �Civil Law� systems of the modern world and distinguishes them from the systems which derive from the English Common Law. This book sketches the history of Roman Private Law from the Twelve Tables to modern times, and sets out the elements of the system. It does not attempt to summarize the whole law, but explains and evaluates its most characteristic and influential features. / CONTENTS I. HISTORY AND SOURCES OF THE LAW I. INTRODUCTION 1. The claims of Roman Law 2. The constitutional and historical background The struggle between the Orders, and the Republican constitution The later Republic The Principate The Dominate II. SOURCES OF THE LAW I. Statutes Lex and plebiscitum Senatusconsulta Constitutiones principis 2. Edicts of Magistrates The general function of the Praetor The particular function of the Praetor Character of the ius honorarium Actions and procedure of the late law 3. Juristic Interpretation Interpretatio prudentium Ius respondendi The Sabinian and Proculian Schools Forms of legal literature The �classical period� The Institutes of Gaius The post-classical period III. THE WORK OF JUSTINIAN The Corpus luris Civilis Character of the Digest IV. THE SECOND LIFE OF ROMAN LAW Survival in the East Survival and revival in the West The Reception of Roman law The Humanist revival Natural law Codification and the modern Civil law The modern historical study of Roman law V. IUS NATURALE, IUS GENTIUM II. LAW OF PERSONS Introductory. The arrangement of the Institutes Formalism I. Main features of the law Citizens and non-citizens The Roman family�patria potestas Proprietary incapacity of filiusfamilias Position of slaves, in law and in fact 2. Creation and termination of slavery How slavery arises How slavery ends�manumission Consequences of manumission Public control of manumission 3. Creation and termination of patria potestas How patria poteslas arises How patria potestas ends 4. Marriage Main characteristics Manus lustae nuptiae and non-Roman marriage Concubinage Legitimation Divorce Matrimonial property 5. Guardianship Tutela impuberum Cura minorum Other forms of guardianship 6. Capitis deminutio III. LAW OF PROPERTY Introductory. The Law of Things 1. Fundamental Distinctions Property and obligations�actions and rights in rem and in personam Contract and conveyance Classifications of res Ownership and possession 2. Possession Protection of possession Importance of possession Who has possession? Possession as a fact 3. Modes of acquisition of corporeal things 4. Derivative modes�Conveyances Mancipatio, in iure cessio Traditio 5. Original Civil Mode�Prescription Introductory�limitation and prescription Usucapio The bonitary owner and the bona fide possessor Longi temporis praescriptio and Justinian�s reforms Modern law and the inviolability of ownership 6. Original natural modes Occupatio Increment by rivers Merger Specificatio Acquisition of fruits Treasure trove 7. Servitudes Introductory�iura in re aliena Praedial servitudes Personal servitudes The Roman law of servitudes and modern law 8. Other iura in re aliena Emphyteusis and superficies Real security 9. Ownership IV. LAW OF OBLIGATIONS Introduction I. CONTRACTS 1. Historical Development The idea of debt Promissory and �real� debt The consensual contracts Unilateral and bilateral contracts Stricti iuris and bonae fidei actions The classification of Gaius and Justinian Law of contracts, not law of contract Methods of contracting and types of contract 2. The Informal Contracts (a) The real contracts The individual contracts Obligations re in Gaius Relative unimportance of the real contracts Standards of care (b) The consensual contracts (1) Sale (emptio venditio) Formation of the contract Effects of the contract Duties of the seller Duties of the buyer (2) Hire (locatio conducted) Scope and character Formation of the contract Effects of the contract (3) Partnership (societas) Formation of the contract Incidents of the contract (4) Mandate (mandatum) (c) Innominate contracts (d) Pacts 3. The Formal Contracts (a) The contract verbis�the stipulatio Classical form Function Degeneration (b) The contract literis The classical contract The contract of Justinian�s Institutes 4. Discharge of Obligations 5. Privity of Contract The principle Novation and delegation Assignment Agency 6. Suretyship 7. Modern Civil law II. DELICT AND QUASI-DELICT 1. Introduction Crime and delict Penal character of delictal actions The classification of the Institutes 2. Furtum and Rapina Archaic features What constitutes furtum The plaintiff Reipersecutory actions Rapina 3. Iniuria Classical scope of the delict Earlier development Penal character 4. Damnum iniuria datum Lex Aquilia Essential elements of the delict 5. Praetorian delicts 6. Noxal liability Noxal surrender Damage by animals 7. Quasi-delict 8. Modern law Civil law Common law III. QUASI-CONTRACT Negotiorum gestio The condictio Unjust enrichment V. LAW OF SUCCESSION 1. General Principles�Civil law Universal succession Heres, hereditas Types of heres Devices to mitigate the inconveniences of universal succession Semel heres, semper heres 2. Praetorian law�Bonorum possessio General principles of bonorum possessio Remedies of the bonorum possessor 3. Intestate Succession Preliminary notions Civil law Bonorum possessio ab intestato The system of the Novels 4. Testamentary Succession The early will Bonorum possessio secundum tabulas-, the �Praetorian will� Later forms of will Internal requirements of a will Substitutions Restrictions on the power of testation 5. Gifts out of the Inheritance Forms of legacy Restrictions on amount of legacies�lex Falcidia Donatio mortis causa Fideicommissa Assimilation of fideicommissum, legacy, and donatio mortis causa Codicils SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX. ISBN 9780198760634