A casebook on Roman property law / Herbert Hausmaninger and Richard Gamauf ; Translated with Introduction and Supplementary Notes by George A. Sheets.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gamauf, Richard, 1964- author.

Hausmaninger, Herbert, author.

Contributor:

Sheets, George A., translator.

Series:

American Philological Association Classical Resources Series

Standardized Title:

Digesta. English & Latin. Selections.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Property (Roman law)--Examinations, questions, etc.

Property (Roman law).

Roman law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxviii, 342 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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 Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch), the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches 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, www.oup.com/us/romanpropertylaw."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Translator's preface

Translator's introduction

Foreword on Textual transmission and text criticism

Chapter I: Acquiring possession

Chapter II: Keeping possession and losing possession

Chapter III: Acquiring ownership and losing ownership

Chapter IV: Protection and Limitations of ownership

Chapter V: Servitudes

chapter VI: Secured interests

Appendix.

Notes:

Translation of: Casebook zum romischen Sachenrecht.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9780199791187 (electronic book)

9786613624819

9780190207984

0190207981

9781280594984

1280594985

9780199791187

019979118X

OCLC:

782917681