A Casebook on Roman Property Law (American Philological Association Classical Resources Series) - Couverture souple

Hausmaninger, Herbert

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0199791139 ISBN 13 : 9780199791132

Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 2012

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Herbert Hausmaninger is Professor of Law, University of Vienna Richard Gamauf is Professor of Law, University of Vienna George A. Sheets is Associate Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Studies, and Law, University of Minnesota

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0199791139
• ISBN 13: 9780199791132
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 384