The Roman Law of Inheritance by Ulrike Babusiaux PAPERBACK 9781399531665

Edinburgh University Press

The Roman Law of InheritanceThe Evolution of the Roman Law of Inheritance during the Principate\nAuthor(s): Ulrike Babusiaux, Neo Christodoulides, Ulrike Babusiaux\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Edinburgh University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Edinburgh University Press\nISBN-13: 9781399531665, 978-1399531665\nSynopsis\nFritz Schulz once famously described the Roman law of inheritance as \""labyrinthine\"" and it is deemed to be the most complex part of the Roman legal system. As Rome evolved from a city-state to an imperial power, the rules of inheritance often changed because of the economic importance of acquisition at death. These changes are reflected in the Corpus iuris civilis, despite the best efforts of the compilers of the Corpus to eliminate variations in the text in order to standardise the existing material for the purposes of their compilation.\n\nThe Roman Law of Inheritance gives the reader an insight into the content, structure and evolution of Roman inheritance la.