A Casebook on Roman Family Law

This casebook presents 235 representative texts drawn largely from Roman legal sources, especially Justinian's Digest. These cases and the discussion questions that follow provide a good introduction to the basic legal problems associated with the ordinary families of Roman citizens. The arrangement of materials conveys to students an understanding of the basic rules of Roman family law while also providing them with the means to question these rules and explore the broader legal principles that underlie them.

About the author

Bruce W. Frier is Professor of Classics and Roman Law at the University of Michigan. Thomas A.J. McGinn is Associate Professor of Classical Studies at Vanderbilt University.

Product details

• Authors: Bruce W. Frier, Frier Bruce W., Thomas A. J. McGinn, McGinn Thomas A. J.
• Assisted by: Joel Lidov (Editor)
• Publisher: American Philological Association Book
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2003
• EAN: 9780195161854
• ISBN: 978-0-19-516185-4
• No. of pages: 530
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 240 mm x 33 mm
• Weight: 954 g
• Series: Society for Classical Studies Classical Resources
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; LAW / Family Law / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient Rome, Family Law, Social and cultural history, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Roman law, Systems of law: Roman law