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Title: The Roman Law of Trusts
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The Roman Law of Trusts
Product Details:
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Language: English
Dimensions: 22.00 X 3.00 X 15.00
Publisher Code: 9780198252160
Date Added: 2018-08-03
Search Category: International
Jurisdiction: International
Overview:
Few legal institutions developed solely under the Roman Empire, but there is one which can provide a rare illustration of the emperors' involvement in building private law: although Roman law did not recognize a `trust' in the same sense as it is used in common law today, it did develop a device - the fideicommissum - which achieved very similar ends. It has remained largely ignored, and yet it is an ideal case study in the evolution of law. As the most versatile
institution of Roman inheritance law, it crucially affected the strategies of succession open to testators, and gives insights into a social history of testators' ambitions and legislative concerns.
Over six centuries the trust expanded at the expense of established legal institutions, and with Justinian's reforms it finally became dominant. This book studies the history of the trust and its rise to prominence, with reference to the possible influence of the Roman `fideicommissum'.
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Table Of Contents:
Theory, practice, and history: Rudiments; Action and reaction: From republic to empire; Conspiracy of silence: Secret trusts; The dead hand: Perpetuities and settlements; An end to the horror: Trusts on intestacy; Words, deeds, and doubts: Interpretation; Of action and execution: Procedure; From morals to obligations: Evolution