Description
Book SynopsisIn this book, Andrew Riggsby surveys the main areas of Roman law and their place in Roman life. With an emphasis on broad, basic concepts, this introductory book is an ideal starting point for students with little or no prior knowledge of legal matters or Roman antiquity.
Trade Review'… Riggsby has successfully undertaken a near impossible task: to explain, in a little over 200 pages, a highly sophisticated, complex and sometimes idiosyncratic system of law. It will be most useful as a first text for students of Roman law, prior to commencing their course (summer reading perhaps). … A work such as this will draw more (not fewer) people to the pleasures of Roman law, and for this Professor Riggsby deserves both congratulations and thanks.' Cambridge Law Review
Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Roman history - the brief version; 3. Sources of Roman law; 4. Sources for Roman law; 5. The legal professions; 6. Legal education; 7. Social control; 8. Legal (in)equality; 9. Writing and the law; 10. Status; 11. Civil procedure; 12. Contract; 13. Ownership and possession; 14. Other rights over property; 15. Inheritance; 16. Women and property; 17. Family law; 18. Delict; 19. Crimes and punishments; 20. Religious law; 21. Law in the provinces; 22. Conclusion.
