The Romans established one of the key legal systems from which modern Europeanlaw is derived. It is one of the binding factors par excellence within theEuropean... » 

The Romans established one of the key legal systems from which modern Europeanlaw is derived. It is one of the binding factors par excellence within theEuropean community. It is thus vital for the new Europeans to have a soundknowledge of of its history. This book presents a brief accurate and uptodate survey of the development of Roman law.Olga TellegenCouperus divides the thousandyearlong history of Roman law intofour periods each based on political developments. For each period there is ageneral outline of the sources and then a description of the territory underRoman rule the socioeconomic situation and political development. The lastsection of each chapter analyzes the law focusing on particular legislationjurisdiction and legal science. The book thus offers a full introduction to thepolitical and socioeconomic background to Roman law and gives due attention tothe topics under current debated in Romanist literature.The book is useful to law students classicists and ancient historians. «