A casebook on Roman property law
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A casebook on Roman property law
（Classical resources series / American Philological Association）
Oxford University Press, c2012
- : pbk
- : hardcover
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Casebook zum römischen Sachenrecht
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Translation of: Casebook zum römischen Sachenrecht
Includes bibliographical references
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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 Burgerliches Gesetzbuch), the German Civil Code (Burgerliches 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.
Table of Contents
- 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
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