Olga Tellegen-Couperus
The most important creation of the Romans was their law. In this book, Dr Tellegen-Couperus discusses the way in which the Roman jurists created and developed law and the way in which Roman law has come down to us. Special attention is given to questions such as `who were the jurists and their law schools' and to the close connection between jurists and the politics of their time.
List of maps, Preface, Abbreviations, Introduction, Part I From monarchy to early republic (-367 BC), Part II The late republic (367–27 BC), Part III The Principate (27 BC-284), Part IV The Dominate (284–565), Epilogue, Chronological table, Notes, Bibliography, Index
Roman law is one of the key legal systems from which modern European law is derived. In this book Dr Tellegen-Couperus discusses the way in which Roman jurists created and developed law, and the way in which Roman law has come down to us.
`An admirable text-book which makes even the intricacies of Justinian's legislation perfectly clear.' – Greece & Rome
`This book gives a thorough historical background and makes a clear connection between Roman law and society.' – Computerrecht
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of maps, Preface, Abbreviations, Introduction, Part I From monarchy to early republic (-367 BC), Part II The late republic (367-27 BC), Part III The Principate (27 BC-284), Part IV The Dominate (284-565), Epilogue, Chronological table, Notes, Bibliography, Index
Klappentext
The most important creation of the Romans was their law. In this book, Dr Tellegen-Couperus discusses the way in which the Roman jurists created and developed law and the way in which Roman law has come down to us. Special attention is given to questions such as who were the jurists and their law schools' and to the close connection between jurists and the politics of their time.
