GETTING THE MOST OUT OF Borkowski's Textbook on Roman Law
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• Self-test questions on the key topics of Roman law give you the opportunity to test your learning. These questions test your factual knowledge to help consolidate understanding of key topics and they are interactive providing the correct answer to each question and a reference to the relevant part of the textbook.
• Revision sheets and sample essay questions aid exam preparation.
• An interactive timeline supplements the list of dates featured in the introduction to the textbook. It may also be used as a schematic guide to chapter 1 (Introduction: Rome—a historical sketch). The timeline provides a chronological overview of the development of Roman private law in its political and historical context.
• Short biographies of key figures - Republican Jurists (509 BC-27 BC) and Jurists of the Empire (27 BC-284 AD). These should be used in conjunction with the timeline to supplement the discussion of the jurists in chapter 2 (The sources of Roman law).
• Glossary of Latin terms
• Guidance on finding Roman law texts and associated literature.
• Tips regarding textual analysis to guide the reader in interpreting the texts.
• Annotated web links. There is much information about Roman law and European legal history on the internet, but the quality and accuracy of the information is often questionable. These annotated web lin’
to act as a guide for further enquiry. They include sites specifi Roman law, online library catalogues, and databases on Romar articles) as well as other sites of interest.
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