THE ROMAN PECULIUM AND THE ORIGIN OF LIMITED LIABILITY IN ROMAN LAW Cover Image

LE PÉCULE ROMAIN ET L’ORIGINE DE LA RESPONSABILITE LIMITÉE EN DROIT ROMAIN
THE ROMAN PECULIUM AND THE ORIGIN OF LIMITED LIABILITY IN ROMAN LAW

Author(s): Malina Novkirishka-Stoyanova
Subject(s): History of Law, Civil Law
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: peculium; pater familias; dominus; alieni iuris; servi; actio de peculio; actio tributoria; merx pexuliaris;

Summary/Abstract: The study is a part of one deeper study on the Roman Law about the slaves and personae alieni iuris presented in its evolution. The accent is mainly on the emergence of the limited liability of the pater familias/ dominus in the case of contracts with pecuniary property. It is a study for the place of the actio de peculio among the other actiones adjectitiae qualitatis, the notion of the merx pexuliaris and the concessio particulii.

  • Issue Year: 65/2020
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 672-725
  • Page Count: 54
  • Language: French