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050 4 $aKJA147$b.N53 1969
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100 1 $aNicholas, Barry.
245 13 $aAn introduction to Roman law /$cby Barry Nicholas.
250 $aRepr. with corrections.
260 0 $aOxford :$bClarendon Press ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c1969, c1962.
300 $axiv, 281 p. ;$c22 cm.
440 0 $aClarendon law series
500 $aIncludes index.
504 $aBibliography: p. [271]-272.
505 0 $aI. History and sources of the law : 1. Introduction : The claims of Roman law ; The constitutional historical background : The struggle between the orders, and the republican constitution ; The later republic ; The principate ; The dominate -- 2. Sources of the law : Statutes : Lex and plebiscitum ; Sematusconsulta ; Constitutiones principis. 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. Juristic interpretation : Interpretatio prudentium ; Ius respondendi ; The Sabinian and Proculian schools ; Forms of legal literature ; The 'classical perdio' ; The institutes of Gaius ; The post-classical period -- 3. The work of Justinian : The corpus irurius civilis ; Character of the digest --
505 0 $a4. 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 -- 5. Ius naturale, ius genium -- II. Law of persons : 1. Main features of the law : Citizens and non-citizens ; The Roman family -- patria potestas ; Proprietary incapacity of filius familias ; 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 potestas arises ; How patria potestas ends -- 4. Marriage : Main characteristics ; Manus ; Iustae nuptiae and non-Roman marriage ; Concubinage ; Legitimation ; Divorce ; Matrimonial property -- 5. Guard ship : Tutela impuberum ; Cura minorum ; Other forms of guardianship. Cipitis deminutio --
505 0 $aIII. Law of property : 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 -- 4. Derivative modes-conveyances : Mancipatio, in iure cession ; 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 --
505 0 $a8. Other iura in re aliena : Emphyteusis and superficies ; Real security -- 9. Ownership -- IV. Law of obligations : 1. Contracts : 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. The informal contracts ; The real contracts : The individual contracts ; Obligations re in Gaius ; Relative unimportance of the real contracts ; Standards of care. The consensual contracts : Sale (emptio venditio) : Formation of the contract ; Effects of the contract ; Duties of the seller ; Duties of the buyer. Hire (location conduction) : Scope and character ; Formation of the contract ; Effects of the contract. Partnership (societas) : Formation of the contract ; Incidents of the contract. Mandate : Innominate contracts ; Pacts.
650 0 $aRoman law.
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