A Casebook on Roman Family Law

by Bruce W. Frier and Thomas A. J. McGinn

Book Overview

The Roman household (familia) was in many respects dramatically different from the modern family. From the early Roman Empire (30 B.C. to about A.D. 250) there survive many legal sources that describe Roman households, often in the most intimate detail. The subject matter of these ancient sources includes marriage and divorce, the property aspects of marriage, the pattern of authority within households, the transmission of property between generations,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195161866
• ISBN13: 9780195161861
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 532 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.9" x 9.1"