Table of Contents

1: Introduction: Rome - a historical sketch
I. THE ROMAN LEGAL SYSTEM
2: The sources of Roman law
3: Roman litigation
II. THE LAW OF PERSONS
4: Status, slavery and citizenship
5: The Roman family
III. THE LAW OF PROPERTY AND INHERITANCE
6: Interests in property
7: Acquiring ownership
8: Inheritance
IV. THE LAW OF OBLIGATIONS
9: Obligations: general principles and obligations arising from contracts
10: Obligations arising from delict
V. ROMAN LAW AND THE MODERN WORLD
11: Roman Law and the European ius commune

About the Author

Paul du Plessis is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Edinburgh University. His research interests include letting and hiring in Roman law and the development of the European ius commune. He is a member of various organisations dedicated to the study of legal history, and holds the positions of webmaster of the Centre for Legal History at Edinburgh University and convener of the Edinburgh Roman Law Group. He is a founding member of the International Advisory Board of the
Alan Watson Foundation, hosted by the University of Belgrade.

Reviews

`Review from previous edition A real godsend to all teachers and students...a book to be really grateful for
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SPTL Reporter
`The overwelming merit of this book is the way in which throughout it reduces seemingly intractable complexity to clarity
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The Classical Review