Casebook on the Roman Law of Contracts

A Casebook on the Roman Law of Contracts introduces students to the rich and influential body of Roman law concerning contracts between private individuals.

About the author

Bruce W. Frier is John and Teresa D'Arms Distinguished University Professor of Classics and Roman Law at the University of Michigan. His publications include A Casebook on the Roman Law of Delict, A Casebook on Roman Family Law (with Thomas A. J. McGinn), and The Modern Law of Contracts (with J. J. White). He is also the general editor of the annotated translation of The Codex of Justinian.

Summary

A Casebook on the Roman Law of Contracts introduces students to the rich and influential body of Roman law concerning contracts between private individuals.

Additional text

This book fills a gap in the existing selection of Casebooks on Roman private law. Highlights include chapters on individual contracts or types of contracts, such as stipulation, real contracts, sale and the other consensual contracts, plus a series of special problems in this area of the law. The volume offers an unparalleled resource for teaching and research, of interest to classicists as well as to legal and economic historians.

Product details

• Authors: Bruce W. Frier, Bruce W. (John and Teresa D''arms Distingui Frier, Bruce W. (John and Teresa D'Arms Distinguished University Professor of Classics and Roman Law Frier, Frier Bruce W.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9780197573211
• ISBN: 978-0-19-757321-1
• No. of pages: 566
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / Ancient / General, LAW / Legal History, Legal History, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Roman law, Systems of law: Roman law