Full Description
From property law to delict and unjustified enrichment, this textbook focuses on those areas of Roman law that have been most influential on Scots law. By using this book, students will enter practice with a greater depth of understanding of the roots of modern Scots law, helping them to feel confident in using Roman materials when tackling today's legal problems.
Contents
Foreword
Note on online resources
Table of cases; Table of statutes
Part I: The Historical and Constitutional Context of Roman Law
1. Historical Introduction to Roman Governance and Society
2. The Legal Process
3. Development of Roman Law
4. Reception of Roman Law
Part II: The Law of Persons
5. Categories of Person
6. Slavery
7. Parents and Guardians
8. Husband and Wife
9. Liability for Another
Part III: The Law of Things - Property
10. Ownership and Possession
11. Acquisition of Ownership: Derivative Acquisition
12. Acquisition of Ownership: Original Acquisition
13. Praedial Servitudes
14. Usufruct and Related Rights
15. Rights in Security
Part IV: The Law of Things - Succession
16. Succession
Part V: The Law of Things - Obligations
17. Introduction to the Law of Obligations and the Law of Contracts
18. Verbal Contracts
19. Real Contracts
20. Consensual Contracts
21. Other Contractual Arrangements
22. The Law of Delicts and the Lex Aquilia
23. Liability for Insulting Behaviour: the Actio Iniuriarum
24. Other Delicts
25. Quasi-Contractual Liability
26. Quasi-Delictual Liability
Appendix 1: Finding and Citing Roman Sources
Appendix 2: Timeline of Major Events from the Foundation of Rome to Justinian I
Index
