Borkowski's Textbook on Roman Law

Borkowski's Textbook on Roman Law
Title Borkowski's Textbook on Roman Law PDF eBook
Author Paul J. du Plessis
Publisher
Pages 457
Release 2015
Genre Law
ISBN 0198736223

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Borkowski's Textbook on Roman Law is the leading textbook in the field of Roman law, and has been written with undergraduate students firmly in mind. The book provides an accessible and highly engaging account of Roman private law and civil procedure, with coverage of all key topics, including the Roman legal system, and the law of persons, property, and obligations. The author sets the law in its social and historical context, and demonstrates the impact of Roman law on our modern legal systems. For the fifth edition, Paul du Plessis has included references to a wide range of scholarly texts, to ground his judicious account of Roman law firmly in contemporary scholarship. He has also added examples from legal practice, as well as truncated timelines at the start of each chapter to illustrate how the law developed over time. The book contains a wealth of learning features, including chapter summaries, diagrams and maps. A major feature of the book is the inclusion throughout of extracts in translation from the most important sources of Roman law: the Digest and the Institutes of Justinian. Annotated further reading sections at the end of each chapter act as a guide to further enquiry. Online Resource Centre The book is accompanied by an extensive Online Resource Centre, containing the following resources: -Self-test multiple choice questions -Interactive timeline -Biographies of key figures -Glossary of Latin terms -Annotated web links -Original Latin versions of the extracts from the Digest and the Institutes of Justinian -Examples of textual analysis of Roman law texts -Guide to the literature and sources of Roman law

Borkowski's Textbook on Roman Law

Borkowski's Textbook on Roman Law
Title Borkowski's Textbook on Roman Law PDF eBook
Author Paul du Plessis
Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
Pages 447
Release 2010-05-13
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 019957488X

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Borkowski's Textbook on Roman Law provides a clear and concise overview of Roman private law and civil procedure, supported by numerous extracts in translation from the Digest and Institutes. The book has been written with undergraduate students in mind and covers all key areas commonly taught on Roman law courses at undergraduate level.

Textbook on Roman Law

Textbook on Roman Law
Title Textbook on Roman Law PDF eBook
Author Andrew Borkowski
Publisher
Pages 420
Release 1997
Genre Law
ISBN 9781854316424

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Roman law constitutes one of the most important and enduring legacies from the ancient world to the modern. It has helped to shape many of the legal systems of today, and continues to provide an invaluable introduction to the study of legal concepts. The book provides students with an exposition of Roman civil law and procedure, setting the law in the context of the history of Rome and keeping the use of Latin phrases to a minimum. A major feature of the book is the use of texts from the ultimate source of Roman law, the "Digest of Justinian". The texts serve to illustrate the law and to make it more vivid for the reader. Emphasis is placed on the influence of Roman law on the modern world and more extensive reference to the fruits of Roman law scholarship.

Roman Law in European History

Roman Law in European History
Title Roman Law in European History PDF eBook
Author Peter Stein
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 152
Release 1999-05-13
Genre History
ISBN 9780521643795

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How Roman law has influenced European legal and political thought from antiquity to the present day.

New Frontiers

New Frontiers
Title New Frontiers PDF eBook
Author Paul J. du Plessis
Publisher Edinburgh University Press
Pages 256
Release 2013-01-21
Genre Law
ISBN 0748668187

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Roman law as a field of study is rapidly evolving to reflect new perspectives and approaches in research. Scholars who work on the subject are increasingly being asked to conduct research in an interdisciplinary manner whereby Roman law is not merely seen as a set of abstract concepts devoid of any background, but as a body of law which operated in a specific social, economic and cultural context. This context-based, 'law and society' approach to the study of Roman law is an exciting new field which legal historians must address. This interdisciplinary collection focuses on three larger themes which have emerged from these studies: Roman legal thought the interaction between legal theory and legal practice and the relationship between law and economics.

Obligations in Roman Law

Obligations in Roman Law
Title Obligations in Roman Law PDF eBook
Author Thomas McGinn
Publisher University of Michigan Press
Pages 615
Release 2013-01-23
Genre History
ISBN 047202857X

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Long a major element of classical studies, the examination of the laws of the ancient Romans has gained momentum in recent years as interdisciplinary work in legal studies has spread. Two resulting issues have arisen, on one hand concerning Roman laws as intellectual achievements and historical artifacts, and on the other about how we should consequently conceptualize Roman law. Drawn from a conference convened by the volume's editor at the American Academy in Rome addressing these concerns and others, this volume investigates in detail the Roman law of obligations—a subset of private law—together with its subordinate fields, contracts and delicts (torts). A centuries-old and highly influential discipline, Roman law has traditionally been studied in the context of law schools, rather than humanities faculties. This book opens a window on that world. Roman law, despite intense interest in the United States and elsewhere in the English-speaking world, remains largely a continental European enterprise in terms of scholarly publications and access to such publications. This volume offers a collection of specialist essays by leading scholars Nikolaus Benke, Cosimo Cascione, Maria Floriana Cursi, Paul du Plessis, Roberto Fiori, Dennis Kehoe, Carla Masi Doria, Ernest Metzger, Federico Procchi, J. Michael Rainer, Salvo Randazzo, and Bernard Stolte, many of whom have not published before in English, as well as opening and concluding chapters by editor Thomas A. J. McGinn.

Law and Life of Rome

Law and Life of Rome
Title Law and Life of Rome PDF eBook
Author John Anthony Crook
Publisher Cornell University Press
Pages 356
Release 1967
Genre History
ISBN 9780801492730

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It is about Roman law in its social context, an attempt to strengthen the bridge between two spheres of discourse about ancient Rome by using the institutions of the law to enlarge understanding of the society and bringing the evidence of the social and economic facts to bear on the rules of law.