The Roman law of trusts / David Johnston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnston, David, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trusts and trustees (Roman law)--History.

Trusts and trustees (Roman law).

Fideicommissum (Roman law)--History.

Fideicommissum (Roman law).

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 306 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1988.

Summary:

This book traces the development of the Fideicommissa (trusts) in Roman law from late republican times to the codification under Justinian, examining an area of Roman law that is thought to have had considerable influence on the common law development of trusts.

Contents:

I. Theory, Practice, and History: Rudiments 1

II. Action and Reaction: From Republic to Empire 21

III. Conspiracy of Silence: Secret Trusts 42

IV. The Dead Hand: Perpetuities and Settlements 76

V. An End to the Horror: Trusts on Intestacy 117

VI. Words, Deeds, and Doubts: Interpretation 155

VII. Of Action and Execution: Procedure 222

VIII. From Morals to Obligations: Evolution 256.

ISBN:

0198252161 :

OCLC:

18191173