Roman Law and the Legal World of the Romans

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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
	MoDERN SCHoLARSHIP