THE TESTAMENT DEPOSED IN THE IMPERIAL PUBLIC          ARCHIVE – REFLECTIONS ON CODEX THEODOSIANUS, 4.4.4 Cover Image

ЗАВЕЩАНИЕТО, ДЕПОЗИРАНО В ИМПЕРСКИЯ ПУБЛИЧЕН АРХИВ – РАЗСЪЖДЕНИЯ ОТНОСНО CODEX THEODOSIANUS, 4.4.4
THE TESTAMENT DEPOSED IN THE IMPERIAL PUBLIC ARCHIVE – REFLECTIONS ON CODEX THEODOSIANUS, 4.4.4

Author(s): Jose Luis Zamora Manzano
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, History of Law, Criminal Law, Civil Law, Law and Transitional Justice, EU-Legislation
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: testamentum principi oblatum; voluntas; Codex Theodosianus; interpretatio; Lex Romana Visigothorum

Summary/Abstract: The author presents a specific form of public testament- testamentum principi oblatum, which is considered particularly important to ensure the existence and preservation of the last will of the testator by depositing the testamentl in the state archives. The main regulation of this type of testament is in the imperial constitution of 397 AD. of the emperors Arkadius and Honorius and addressed to the perfectus urbi Africanus, which is included in CTh. 4.4.4 and in CJ. 6.23.18. Its interpretatio and the development of the system in the various epitomes or compendiums of Lex Romana Visigothorum are also considered. Conclusions are made about the purpose and significance of this public form of testq;entveil, which is given persuasiveness and certainty of the will (voluntas) of the testator.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 120-137
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Bulgarian