Roman Law and the Legal World of the Romans

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Cover	1
Half-title	3
Title	5
Copyright	6
Contents	9
1. Introduction	13
Romans and Roman Law	13
Purposes	17
Structure	20
2. Roman History – The Brief Version	23
The Monarchy	24
The Republic	25
The Empire	29
Periods of Legal History	32
Roman Citizenship	34
3. Sources of Roman Law	37
The Principal Sources of Law	37
“The Edict”	40
Relationship between Sources	42
4. Sources for Roman Law	47
Technical Sources (Reference)	49
Technical Sources (Documentary)	52
Nontechnical Sources	54
5. The Legal Professions	59
The Two Professions	59
Some Complications	61
Other Terminology	66
6. Legal Education	69
7. Social Control	79
Violence	80
Defamation	82
Disgrace	84
Maintaining Order	87
8. Legal (In)equality	89
Costs of Litigation	90
Credibility	92
Corruption	94
9. Writing and the Law	99
Writing the Laws	100
Documents and Sayings	103
Documents in Legal Proceedings	105
10. Status	111
Freedom and Slavery	111
Citizenship	115
Statuses of the Free	117
Age	118
Insanity	120
Peculium and Agency	121
11. Civil Procedure	123
Formulary Procedure	124
Legis Actiones	128
Cognitio	130
12. Contracts	133
13. Ownership and Possession	147
Ownership	148
Possession	151
The Actio Publiciana	154
14. Other Rights over Property	155
Usus and Usufruct	155
Servitudes	158
Damnum Infectum	161
Joint Ownership	162
15. Inheritance	165
Wills	166
Intestate Succession	169
Fideicommissa	174
16. Women and Property	177
Women and Marriage	178
Guardianship of Women	179
Dowry	181
17. Family Law	185
Marriage and Divorce	186
Extramarital Affairs	192
Children	193
Christianity	196
18. Delict	199
Damnum Iniuria Datum (Property Damage)	200
Furtum (Theft)	202
Iniuria	203
19. Crimes and Punishments	207
Republican Procedures	208
Republican Offenses	210
Changes under the Empire	214
20. Religious Law	217
Sacred Things	218
Checking with the Gods	220
The Power of Religious Law	223
21. Law in the Provinces	227
Citizenship and Jurisdiction	227
Law in the Provinces	229
Foreign Effects on Roman Law	235
22. Conclusion	241
Documents	247
Where are these documents from?	247
A Note on Names	248
[1] TPSulp 2	249
[2] TPSulp 4	249
[3] TPSulp 23	250
[4] TPSulp 43	251
[5] TPSulp 45	252
[6] TPSulp 46	254
[7] TPSulp 48	255
[8] TPSulp 49	256
[9] TPSulp 51	257
[10] TPSulp 54	258
[11] TPSulp 56	259
[12] TPSulp 60	260
[13] TPSulp 68	261
[14] TPSulp 78	262
[15] TPSulp 79	263
[16] TPSulp 82	264
[17] FIRA 3.24	264
[18] FIRA 3.47	265
[19] FIRA 3.54	267
[20] FIRA 3.64	268
[21] FIRA 3.80s	269
[22] FIRA 3.81g+h	270
[23] FIRA 3.85c+f	271
[24] FIRA 3.106 a, c, f, i, and m	271
[25] FIRA 3.137	273
[26] P. Yadin 28–30	273
[27] Pliny, Letters 68 and 69	274
Pliny to Emperor Trajan	274
Trajan to Pliny	275
Glossary	277
Index	287
Further Reading	291
PRIMARY TEXTS	291
MoDERN SCHoLARSHIP	292

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