Women in Roman Law & Society"The book meets the highest standards of scholarly rigor, and treatment of disputed issues is informative without being esoteric. An excellent general survey and introduction." -- Choice ..". will be enormously useful for those interested in teaching courses on Roman women or Roman law." -- The Classical Outlook |
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Page 13
... Twelve Tables , she stayed away for three nights , repeating the manoeuvre every year . This method of creating manus was already obsolete by Gaius ' time ; known to Cicero , it was possibly no longer automatic in his day . It was ...
... Twelve Tables , she stayed away for three nights , repeating the manoeuvre every year . This method of creating manus was already obsolete by Gaius ' time ; known to Cicero , it was possibly no longer automatic in his day . It was ...
Page 19
... Twelve Tables , and views vary on the date of its introduction , yet the agnates ' monopoly of the tutela ( of minors as well ) was already broken by the time of the Twelve Tables , which provided for testamentary tutors . The ...
... Twelve Tables , and views vary on the date of its introduction , yet the agnates ' monopoly of the tutela ( of minors as well ) was already broken by the time of the Twelve Tables , which provided for testamentary tutors . The ...
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... Twelve Tables , he took away the keys and drove her out ' ; ( ii ) ' In accordance with the Twelve Tables , he told his wife to keep her own belongings ; he took away the keys and drove her out ' . The second version would mean that the ...
... Twelve Tables , he took away the keys and drove her out ' ; ( ii ) ' In accordance with the Twelve Tables , he told his wife to keep her own belongings ; he took away the keys and drove her out ' . The second version would mean that the ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Guardianship of Women | 5 |
Marriage | 31 |
Copyright | |
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