Application, Adaptation and Rejection: The strategies of Roman jurists in responsa concerning Greek documents (385) (E.M. Meijers Instituut Voor Rechtswetenschappelijk Onderzoek)

Table of Contents
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
II Research topic & question
III Timeframe
IV The responsa practice of the second century AD
V Strategies of the Roman jurists
VI Imperial rescripts excluded from the corpus
VII The dissertation divided into five chapters
VIII Embedding in the existing scholarly research context
IX The authors of legal questions
X Legal proceedings
XI The issue of applied law
XII Rationale for asking for legal advice from the Roman west
XIII The use of Greek
XIV Categorising greek in the justinianic digest
XV Two treatises in Greek in the Justinianic Digest
XVI Two cases of application of attic law as a basis for Roman law
XVII Greek common law as a basis for an imperial decision
XVIII A conclusion on the use of Greek in the Justinianic Digest
XIX The jurists who gave legal advice examined in this research
XX The responsa researched in relation to the jurists and their works
XXI Differences between the three jurists
XXII The twenty-six texts of the corpus examined
XXIII The corpus in relation to other primary sources
XXIV The Justinianic Digest
XXV The edition of the Justinianic Digest used in the research
XXVI Papyrological sources
Bibliography
I The Law of Obligations: Consensual Contracts
	I Introduction
	II Mandatum
		II.1 Mandatum in Roman law
			II.1.1 The development and use of mandatum in Roman law
		II.2 Mandatum in Hellenistic legal culture
		II.3 Dig. 17.1.60.4 (Scaev. 1 Resp.): A procuratio omnium bonorum
			II.3.1 Contextualising the Greek epistolary contract from Dig. 17.1.60.4
			II.3.2 The contract from Dig. 17.1.60.4 in the light of three papyri
			II.3.3 Examining the question and the reply from Dig. 17.1.60.4
			II.3.4 Two Hellenistic legal formulae in the contract from Dig. 17.1.60.4
		II.4 Dig. 44.7.61pr (Scaev. 28 Dig.): A contract of procuratio
		II.5 Conclusion on the bilingual contracts of mandatum in Dig. 17.1.60.4 and Dig. 44.7.61pr
	III Hypotheca
		III.1 Hypotheca in a Roman and Greek-Hellenistic context
		III.2 Dig. 20.1.34 (Scaev. 27 Dig.): A taberna placed under hypothec
			III.2.1 A description of the Greek contract of Dig. 20.1.34.1
			III.2.2 Examining the legal question and corresponding reply in Dig. 20.1.34.1
			III.2.3 Conclusion concerning Scaevola\'s reply in Dig. 20.1.34.1
		III.3 Dig. 32.101pr (Scaev. 16 Dig.): Hypothecated lands in Roman Syria
			III.3.1 Examining Greek elements in Dig. 32.101pr
			III.3.2 The legal question and reply from Dig. 32.101pr
			III.3.3 Conclusion based on Dig. 32.101pr
	IV Conclusion based of bilingual consensual contracts in the Digest
II The law of obligations real contracts
	I Introduction
	II Depositum
		II.1 Dig. 32.37.5 (Scaev. 18 Dig.): A legacy of deposited money
		II.2 Roman and Hellenistic law on depositum and parakatatheke with regard to Dig. 32.37.5
			II.2.1 Roman law on depositum
			II.2.2 Hellenistic law on depositum / parakatatheke
			II.2.3 Dig. 32.37.5 in light of Roman and Hellenistic law on depositum / parakatatheke
		II.3 Iusiurandum and the legal question in Dig. 32.37.5
		II.4 A kyria-clause in a Roman codicil
		II.5 Dig. 16.3.26.1 (Paul. 4 Resp.): A case of depositumirregulare
		II.6 A conclusion on depositum irregulare in light of Dig. 32.37.5 and Dig. 16.3.26.1
	III Two responsa on parakatatheke
		III.1 Dig. 40.5.41.4 (Scaev. 4 Resp.): Two slaves entrusted into your care
		III.2 An interpretation of ?? pa?a?atat??eµa? ??e?? in Dig. 40.5.41.4
		III.3 The legal question and the reply in Dig. 40.5.41.4
		III.4 Dig. 31.34.7 (Mod. 10 Resp.): A case from Syria coele
		III.5 ?a?a?atat??eµa? in Dig. 31.34.7
		III.6 The fideicommissum of Dig. 31.34.7
		III.7 The law of dowries and Dig. 31.34.7
		III.8 The legal question and reply by Modestin in Dig. 31.34.7
		III.9 Conclusion on parakatatheke in Dig. 40.5.41.4 and Dig. 31.34.7
	IV Mutuum
		IV.1 Dig. 31.88.15 (Scaev. 3 Resp.): Ownership without the power of alienation or hypothecation
		IV.2 The legal question concerning the loan in Dig. 31.88.15
		IV.3 The fideicommissum in Dig. 31.88.15
		IV.4 Conclusion based on mutuum in Dig. 31.88.15
		IV.5 Dig. 50.12.10 (Mod. 1 Resp.): Euergetism and pseudo-mutuum
		IV.6 The promise of Dig. 50.12.10 in the light of three inscriptions
		IV.7 Financing the games of Dig. 50.12.10
		IV.8 Conclusion based on Dig. 50.12.10
	V Conclusion on bilingual responsa concerning real contracts
III The law of inheritance I cases without a slave context
	I Introduction
		I.1 An introduction to the law of inheritance
		I.2 An example from the Digest of Greek in the Roman testamentary practice
	II The bilingual texts in the Digest on the law of inheritance by Scaevola
		II.1 Dig. 33.4.14 (Scaev. 15 Dig.): A dowry for Crispina
		II.2 Dig. 32.37.6 (Scaev. 18 Dig.): Callimachus the incapax
		II.3 Dig. 26.7.47pr (Scaev. 2 Resp.): Titius and Maevius tutors with inequal powers
		II.4 Conclusion based on the three bilingual responsa by Scaevola
	III The bilingual texts in the digest on the law of inheritance by the jurist Paul
		III.1 Dig. 36.1.76 (74) pr (Paul. 2 Decr.): An imperial decision on the libertas testamenti faciendi
		III.2 Dig. 28.1.29pr-1 (Paul. 14 Resp.): A Greek validation clause in writing
		III.3 Conclusion
	IV A bilingual text in the digest on the law of inheritance by the jurist Modestin
	V Conclusion on bilingual responses regarding the law of inheritance without a slave context
	Appendix: Dig. 8.3.37 (Paul. 3 Resp.): The use of water cannot be inherited
IV The law of inheritance II freedmen and freedwomen
	I Introduction
		I.1 Regulations regarding slaves and freedmen in the Greco-Roman world
	II Freedmen in bilingual replies by Scaevola
		II.1 Dig. 33.8.23.2-3 (Scaev. 15 Dig.): An implicit bequest of a slave patrimony and other assets
		II.2 Dig. 34.1.16.1 (Scaev. 18 Dig.): A freedman of my father\'s freedman
		II.3 Dig. 34.4.30.1: A testatrix who changed her will
		II.4 Dig. 34.4.30.3: A testator who changed his will
		II.5 Dig. 40.4.60: A false demonstration?
		II.6 Conclusion based on the responsa from Scaevola\'s Digesta
	III One bilingual responsum by Paul on testamentary manumission
		III.1 Dig. 40.5.39.1 (Paul. 13 Resp.): Showing gratitude towards a slave
		III.2 Conclusion
	IV One bilingual responsum by Modestin on testamentary provisions regarding freedmen
		IV.1 Dig. 34.1.4pr (Mod. 10 Resp.): Usufruct or dominium
	V Conclusion based on the bilingual replies of Scaevola, Paul and Modestin on freedmen
V Hellenistic municipal law
	I Introduction
	II The text of Dig. 50.9.6 (Scaev. 1 Dig.)
	II Description of the case
	III The origin of Dig. 50.9.6 (Scaev. 1 Dig.)
	IV A rationale behind the regulation in Dig. 50.9.6 (Scaev. 1 Dig.)
	V Decrees from the east comparable to Dig. 50.9.6 (Scaev. 1 Dig.)
	VI The authenticity of Dig. 50.9.6 (Scaev. 1 Dig.)
	VII Ignorantia iuris in Dig. 50.9.6 (Scaev. 1 Dig.)
	VIII Conclusion
Conclusion
	I Introduction
	II Interactions between East and West
	III Controversies from the East colliding and not colliding with Roman law
	IV Strategies of the jurists: Scaevola (II AD)
	V Strategies of the jurists: Paul (II – III AD)
	VI Strategies of the jurists: Modestin (III AD)
	VII Conclusion based on the differences between the three jurists
Bibliography
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