Contents

Preface viii

Abbreviations xii

Chronological tables xiii

PART I

Roman law in historical context 1

1 Basic legal concepts and values 3

2 Constitutional background of Roman law 27

3 Sources of Roman law 47

4 The jurists and the legal science 62

5 Justinian and the Corpus Iuris 78

6 The revival of Roman law 88

PART II

Roman law in action 109

7 Civil litigation 111

8 Family law 127

9 Property law 144

10 The law of succession 162

11 The law of obligations I: contracts 180

12 The law of obligations II: delicts 205

General bibliography 218

Index 231