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Roman contract law has profoundly influenced subsequent legal systems throughout the world, but is inarguably an important subject in its own right. This casebook introduces students to the rich body of Roman law concerning contracts between private individuals. In order to bring out the intricacy of Roman contract law, the casebook employs the case-law method--actual Roman texts, drawn from Justinian's Digest and other sources, are presented both in Latin and English, along with introductions and discussions that fill out the background of the cases and explore related legal issues. This method reflects the casuistic practices of the jurists themselves: concentrating on the fact-rich enviro...
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This volume contains Birks' notes on a series of lectures on the Roman law of obligations delivered in 1982. They give a comprehensive insight into his views on the topic, which are relevant in both a Roman context and also from a modern English perspective. The book examines, in turn, the law of contracts with its general principles and rule applications to the transactions mentioned in the Institutes; the law of delicts; and finally the miscellany of residual obligations from which the later categories of quasi-contracts and quasi-delicts, but also the modern law of unjust enrichment, emerged.
Excerpt from Notes on Roman Law: Law of Persons, Law of Contracts These notes were prepared for the author's personal use with his classes in the subject of Roman Law in Washington and Lee University and not for general circulation. It is expected that they will be amplified, explained, and, if need be, corrected, as used in the class room. They are printed, not as being worthy of preservation in printed form, but for the moi;e convenient use of the authors own classes. This explanation may be in order in case a copy of these fragmentary notes should fall into the hands of a stranger. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ...
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