Casebook on Roman Property Law

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-19-979113-2
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, Latin, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 633 g

Reihe: Society for Classical Studies Classical Resources

This book provides a thorough introduction to Roman property law by means of "cases," consisting of brief excerpts from Roman juristic sources in the original Latin with accompanying English translations. The cases are selected and grouped so as to provide an overview of each topic and an orderly exposition of its parts. To each case is attached a set of questions that invite the reader to, e.g., clarify ambiguities in the jurist's argument, reconcile one holding
with another, supply missing but necessary facts to account for the holding, and/or engage in other analytical activities. The casebook also illustrates the survival and adaptation of elements of Roman property law in the modern European civil codes, especially the three most influential of those
codes: the General Civil Code of Austria (Allgemeines Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch), the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch), and the Civil Code of Switzerland (Zivilgesetzbuch). All code excerpts are accompanied by English translations. By comparing and contrasting how the codes have adopted, adapted, or rejected an underlying Roman rule or concept, it is possible for the reader to observe the dynamic character and continuing life of the Roman legal tradition. To facilitate
comparison with corresponding rules and concepts in the English common law tradition, additional texts and questions prepared by the translator will be mounted on an accompanying website.

Zielgruppe

Students of law at both the undergraduate and professional levels; historians of Medieval, Early Modern, and Modern European history; Classicists; Political scientists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hausmaninger, Herbert

Gamauf, Richard

Weitere Mitwirkende

Sheets, George A.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Römische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Translator's Introduction
Abbreviations
Foreword on Textual Transmission and Text Criticism
I. Acquiring Possession
II. Keeping Possession and Losing Possession
III. Acquiring Ownership and Losing Ownership
IV. Protection and Limitations of Ownership
V. Servitudes
VI. Secured Interests
Appendix
Index of Sources

Über Autor(innen)

Herbert Hausmaninger is Professor of Law, University of Vienna
Richard Gamauf is Professor of Law, University of Vienna
George A. Sheets is Associate Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Studies, and Law, University of Minnesota