Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1 Introduction -- I WHAT IS NOT IN THIS BOOK -- II SOURCES OF LAW -- 1. The Twelve Tables -- 2. Ius -- 3. Statutes -- 4. Praetor and edict -- 5. Jurists -- 6. Emperor -- III ROME AND THE PROVINCES -- CHAPTER 2 Sources and methodology -- I SOURCES INDEPENDENT OF JUSTINIAN -- 1. Legal writings -- 2. Codes -- 3. Epigraphic and other sources -- II THE JUSTINIANIC SOURCES -- 1. The Institutes -- 2. The Digest -- Loss of context and palingenesia -- Interpolations -- The detection of interpolations -- Post-classical changes -- 3. Justinian's Code -- 4. The Novels -- III PROBLEMS IN USING LEGAL SOURCES -- 1. Are the legal cases reported in the Digest real or imaginary? -- 2. Bias towards legal problems -- 3. Cause or effect? -- 4. Legal evolution -- 5. Conclusions -- CHAPTER 3 Family and inheritance -- I THE FAMILY -- 1. Paternal power -- 2. Adoption -- 3. Marriage -- 4. Divorce -- 5. Tutors for those under age -- 6. Tutors for women -- 7. Guardians -- II SLAVERY -- 1. Slaves -- 2. Freedmen (liberti) -- III SUCCESSION -- 1. Wills -- Content of wills -- Legacies -- 2. Fideicommissa or trusts -- 3. Challenges to wills -- 4. Intestate succession -- CHAPTER 4 Property -- I OWNERSHIP -- 1. Acquisition of ownership -- 2. Use of property -- 3. Protection of ownership -- 4. Possession and usucapio -- 5. Other titles to property -- 6. Some conclusions -- II THE USE OF LAND -- 1. Occupation by the owner -- 2. Leases -- The landlord and the tenant -- Vacant possession -- Rent -- Other terms -- Termination -- 3. Long leases -- 4. Usufruct -- III RELATIONS WITH NEIGHBOURS -- 1. Boundaries -- 2. Servitudes -- 3. Protection against nuisance, damage and encroachment -- Some conclusions -- CHAPTER 5 Commerce -- I CONTRACTS FORMAL AND INFORMAL -- II SALE.

III LENDING AND BORROWING -- 1. Loans -- 2. Bankers -- 3. Investment and securities -- 4. Personal security -- 5. Real security -- 6. Sea loans and insurance -- IV CONTRACTS OF SERVICE -- 1. Contracts for carriage -- 2. Building contracts -- V THE ORGANIZATION OF BUSINESSES -- 1. Representation and agency -- 2. Liability and limitation -- The peculium -- Actio institoria and actio exercitoria -- Ignorance - a good thing -- 3. Independent labour -- 4. Partnership -- 5. Some conclusions on business organization -- VI INSOLVENCY -- VII CONCLUSIONS -- CHAPTER 6 Litigation -- I CIVIL PROCEDURE IN THE CLASSICAL PERIOD -- 1. Formulary procedure -- Getting the defendant before the praetor -- The formula -- A basic formula -- A modified formula -- Discretion -- Non-standard formulae -- From praetor to judge -- Judgment in money -- Execution of judgments -- 2. Other procedures -- 3. Other civil jurisdictions -- 4. Provincial practice -- 5. Municipal jurisdictions -- 6. Extraordinary proceedings -- II VINDICATION OF RIGHTS IN PRACTICE -- 1. Procedural advantage -- 2. How easy was it to get the defendant into court? -- 3. Could magistrates be relied upon? -- 4. Could judges be relied upon? -- 5. Representation in court -- 6. Other obstacles -- 7. Conclusions: the quality of justice -- Epilogue -- Glossary of legal terms -- Bibliographical essay -- TEXTBOOK ON ROMAN LAW -- OTHER GENERAL WORKS -- PERIODICALS -- SOURCES -- TRANSLATIONS -- CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION -- ROME AND THE PROVINCES -- CHAPTER 2: SOURCES AND METHODOLOGY -- CHAPTER 3: FAMILY AND INHERITANCE -- CHAPTER 4: PROPERTY -- CHAPTER 5: COMMERCE -- CHAPTER 6: LITIGATION -- EPILOGUE -- Bibliography -- Index.