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Roman law is the legal system of ancient Rome, including the legal developments spanning over a thousand years of jurisprudence, from the Twelve Tables (c. 449 BC), to the Corpus Juris Civilis (AD 529) ordered by Eastern Roman emperor Justinian I.
This is a partial list of Roman laws.A Roman law (Latin: lex) is usually named for the sponsoring legislator and designated by the adjectival form of his gens name (nomen gentilicum), in the feminine form because the noun lex (plural leges) is of feminine grammatical gender.
Harries, Jill. 2007. "Roman Law Codes and the Roman Legal Tradition". In Beyond Dogmatics: Law and Society in the Roman World, Edited by Cairns, John W. and Du Plessis, Paul J. Edinburgh studies in law; 3, 85–104. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Pr. Tellegen-Couperus, Olga ed. 2011. Law and Religion in the Roman Republic, Mnemosyne ...
Pages in category "Roman law" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 277 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
The lex Julia de repetundis, also called the lex Julia repetundarum, [14] was passed by Gaius Julius Caesar during his first consulship in 59 BC. It was a major piece of legislation containing over 100 clauses which dealt with a large number of provincial abuses, provided procedures for enforcement, and punishment for violations.
Ius in ancient Roman law had two principal meanings, which are still reflected in French droit, German Recht, English right and Castilian derecho. [4] Ferdinand Mackeldy, 19th-century jurist, analyzed them into two principles: ius is the law, a set of compulsory rules (Jus est norma agendi, "law is a rule of conduct"), which he called objective or positive law, and a set of possibilities to ...
It has been suggested that Accession (property law)#Roman accession be merged into this article. ( Discuss ) Proposed since December 2024. Accessio is a concept from Roman property law for acquiring ownership of property (the accessory) which is merged , or acceded to , another piece of property (the principal). [ 1 ]
As Roman citizens, people were able to buy and sell property, were exempt from land tax and the poll tax, and were entitled to protection under Roman law. [2] Ius Italicum was the highest liberty a municipality or province could obtain and was considered very favorable.