Preface
This book was written chiefly as a brief guide for those wishing to obtain a basic overview of the state of Roman private law during the first three centuries of the Common Era. It should not be treated as a substitute for a technical manual on Roman law and it was not written for that purpose.
As a work of an introductory nature, it does not contain a detailed account of all of the intricacies and technicalities of Roman legal rules as there are many excellent recent works on the subject. Rather, this book is aimed at a nonspecialist audience wishing to gain a basic introduction to the subject before progressing to more specialist works.This book focuses solely on Roman private law, the body of legal rules which operate between individuals, as this is the most commonly studied area of Roman law. It must not be forgotten that a rich body of Roman public and criminal law also exists which are fields of study in their own right.
October 2011
PdP
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