Application, Adaptation and Rejection : The Strategies of Roman Jurists in Responsa Concerning Greek Documents / Quintijn Mauer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mauer, Q. (Quintijn), 1989- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law, Greek.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (298 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands : Boom juridisch, [2022]

Summary:

By the second century AD the Roman empire had grown into a vast multilingual and pluriform empire.Unlike in the Roman West, where the lingua franca was Latin, the inhabitants of the Roman East predominantly spoke Greek.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

II Research topic &amp

question

III Timeframe

IV The responsa practice of the second century AD

V Strategies of the Roman jurists

VI Imperial rescripts excluded from the corpus

VII The dissertation divided into five chapters

VIII Embedding in the existing scholarly research context

IX The authors of legal questions

X Legal proceedings

XI The issue of applied law

XII Rationale for asking for legal advice from the Roman west

XIII The use of Greek

XIV Categorising greek in the justinianic digest

XV Two treatises in Greek in the Justinianic Digest

XVI Two cases of application of attic law as a basis for Roman law

XVII Greek common law as a basis for an imperial decision

XVIII A conclusion on the use of Greek in the Justinianic Digest

XIX The jurists who gave legal advice examined in this research

XX The responsa researched in relation to the jurists and their works

XXI Differences between the three jurists

XXII The twenty-six texts of the corpus examined

XXIII The corpus in relation to other primary sources

XXIV The Justinianic Digest

XXV The edition of the Justinianic Digest used in the research

XXVI Papyrological sources

Bibliography

I The Law of Obligations: Consensual Contracts

I Introduction

II Mandatum

II.1 Mandatum in Roman law

II.1.1 The development and use of mandatum in Roman law

II.2 Mandatum in Hellenistic legal culture

II.3 Dig. 17.1.60.4 (Scaev. 1 Resp.): A procuratio omnium bonorum

II.3.1 Contextualising the Greek epistolary contract from Dig. 17.1.60.4

II.3.2 The contract from Dig. 17.1.60.4 in the light of three papyri

II.3.3 Examining the question and the reply from Dig. 17.1.60.4

II.3.4 Two Hellenistic legal formulae in the contract from Dig. 17.1.60.4.

II.4 Dig. 44.7.61pr (Scaev. 28 Dig.): A contract of procuratio

II.5 Conclusion on the bilingual contracts of mandatum in Dig. 17.1.60.4 and Dig. 44.7.61pr

III Hypotheca

III.1 Hypotheca in a Roman and Greek-Hellenistic context

III.2 Dig. 20.1.34 (Scaev. 27 Dig.): A taberna placed under hypothec

III.2.1 A description of the Greek contract of Dig. 20.1.34.1

III.2.2 Examining the legal question and corresponding reply in Dig. 20.1.34.1

III.2.3 Conclusion concerning Scaevola's reply in Dig. 20.1.34.1

III.3 Dig. 32.101pr (Scaev. 16 Dig.): Hypothecated lands in Roman Syria

III.3.1 Examining Greek elements in Dig. 32.101pr

III.3.2 The legal question and reply from Dig. 32.101pr

III.3.3 Conclusion based on Dig. 32.101pr

IV Conclusion based of bilingual consensual contracts in the Digest

II The law of obligations real contracts

II Depositum

II.1 Dig. 32.37.5 (Scaev. 18 Dig.): A legacy of deposited money

II.2 Roman and Hellenistic law on depositum and parakatatheke with regard to Dig. 32.37.5

II.2.1 Roman law on depositum

II.2.2 Hellenistic law on depositum / parakatatheke

II.2.3 Dig. 32.37.5 in light of Roman and Hellenistic law on depositum / parakatatheke

II.3 Iusiurandum and the legal question in Dig. 32.37.5

II.4 A kyria-clause in a Roman codicil

II.5 Dig. 16.3.26.1 (Paul. 4 Resp.): A case of depositumirregulare

II.6 A conclusion on depositum irregulare in light of Dig. 32.37.5 and Dig. 16.3.26.1

III Two responsa on parakatatheke

III.1 Dig. 40.5.41.4 (Scaev. 4 Resp.): Two slaves entrusted into your care

III.2 An interpretation of ?? pa?a?atat??eµa? ??e?? in Dig. 40.5.41.4

III.3 The legal question and the reply in Dig. 40.5.41.4

III.4 Dig. 31.34.7 (Mod. 10 Resp.): A case from Syria coele

III.5 ?a?a?atat??eµa? in Dig. 31.34.7.

III.6 The fideicommissum of Dig. 31.34.7

III.7 The law of dowries and Dig. 31.34.7

III.8 The legal question and reply by Modestin in Dig. 31.34.7

III.9 Conclusion on parakatatheke in Dig. 40.5.41.4 and Dig. 31.34.7

IV Mutuum

IV.1 Dig. 31.88.15 (Scaev. 3 Resp.): Ownership without the power of alienation or hypothecation

IV.2 The legal question concerning the loan in Dig. 31.88.15

IV.3 The fideicommissum in Dig. 31.88.15

IV.4 Conclusion based on mutuum in Dig. 31.88.15

IV.5 Dig. 50.12.10 (Mod. 1 Resp.): Euergetism and pseudo-mutuum

IV.6 The promise of Dig. 50.12.10 in the light of three inscriptions

IV.7 Financing the games of Dig. 50.12.10

IV.8 Conclusion based on Dig. 50.12.10

V Conclusion on bilingual responsa concerning real contracts

III The law of inheritance I cases without a slave context

I.1 An introduction to the law of inheritance

I.2 An example from the Digest of Greek in the Roman testamentary practice

II The bilingual texts in the Digest on the law of inheritance by Scaevola

II.1 Dig. 33.4.14 (Scaev. 15 Dig.): A dowry for Crispina

II.2 Dig. 32.37.6 (Scaev. 18 Dig.): Callimachus the incapax

II.3 Dig. 26.7.47pr (Scaev. 2 Resp.): Titius and Maevius tutors with inequal powers

II.4 Conclusion based on the three bilingual responsa by Scaevola

III The bilingual texts in the digest on the law of inheritance by the jurist Paul

III.1 Dig. 36.1.76 (74) pr (Paul. 2 Decr.): An imperial decision on the libertas testamenti faciendi

III.2 Dig. 28.1.29pr-1 (Paul. 14 Resp.): A Greek validation clause in writing

III.3 Conclusion

IV A bilingual text in the digest on the law of inheritance by the jurist Modestin

V Conclusion on bilingual responses regarding the law of inheritance without a slave context.

Appendix: Dig. 8.3.37 (Paul. 3 Resp.): The use of water cannot be inherited

IV The law of inheritance II freedmen and freedwomen

I.1 Regulations regarding slaves and freedmen in the Greco-Roman world

II Freedmen in bilingual replies by Scaevola

II.1 Dig. 33.8.23.2-3 (Scaev. 15 Dig.): An implicit bequest of a slave patrimony and other assets

II.2 Dig. 34.1.16.1 (Scaev. 18 Dig.): A freedman of my father's freedman

II.3 Dig. 34.4.30.1: A testatrix who changed her will

II.4 Dig. 34.4.30.3: A testator who changed his will

II.5 Dig. 40.4.60: A false demonstration?

II.6 Conclusion based on the responsa from Scaevola's Digesta

III One bilingual responsum by Paul on testamentary manumission

III.1 Dig. 40.5.39.1 (Paul. 13 Resp.): Showing gratitude towards a slave

III.2 Conclusion

IV One bilingual responsum by Modestin on testamentary provisions regarding freedmen

IV.1 Dig. 34.1.4pr (Mod. 10 Resp.): Usufruct or dominium

V Conclusion based on the bilingual replies of Scaevola, Paul and Modestin on freedmen

V Hellenistic municipal law

II The text of Dig. 50.9.6 (Scaev. 1 Dig.)

II Description of the case

III The origin of Dig. 50.9.6 (Scaev. 1 Dig.)

IV A rationale behind the regulation in Dig. 50.9.6 (Scaev. 1 Dig.)

V Decrees from the east comparable to Dig. 50.9.6 (Scaev. 1 Dig.)

VI The authenticity of Dig. 50.9.6 (Scaev. 1 Dig.)

VII Ignorantia iuris in Dig. 50.9.6 (Scaev. 1 Dig.)

VIII Conclusion

Conclusion

II Interactions between East and West

III Controversies from the East colliding and not colliding with Roman law

IV Strategies of the jurists: Scaevola (II AD)

V Strategies of the jurists: Paul (II - III AD)

VI Strategies of the jurists: Modestin (III AD).

VII Conclusion based on the differences between the three jurists

Register.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

90-5189-952-1

OCLC:

1373983827