Articles (Law)

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Ancient Roman law is one of the most important foundations of European legal culture. In this category, we publish articles on Roman legal institutions, legislation, the judiciary, and the principles regulating the lives of citizens of the Roman Empire. We discuss, among other topics, civil, criminal, and public law, the development of Roman law, and its influence on later legal systems. These articles demonstrate how law shaped the functioning of the state and society in the ancient world.

Transfer of property ownership in ancient Rome

Every Roman owner was entitled to transfer his title to the property, however for the actual transfer to occur there were separate legal procedures required between the transferor and the buyer. Apart from the agreement…Więcej

Procedures for controlling the law in Roman Republic

In ancient Rome, institutional mechanisms emerged to determine whether the lower law was in conformity with the higher law. It turns out that some Roman procedural solutions resembled the modern doctrine of judicial review of…Więcej

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