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 137
... legitimate child was in the potestas of its father , and in no circumstances could the mother have potestas over her child , legitimate or illegitimate ( and , indeed , unless married with manus , she did not even belong to the same ...
... legitimate child was in the potestas of its father , and in no circumstances could the mother have potestas over her child , legitimate or illegitimate ( and , indeed , unless married with manus , she did not even belong to the same ...
Page 142
... Legitimacy Children born in iustum matrimonium were legitimate . They were in the potestas of their father and were his heirs on intestacy . This status could , however , be denied a child , in the opinion of some lawyers , if it were ...
... Legitimacy Children born in iustum matrimonium were legitimate . They were in the potestas of their father and were his heirs on intestacy . This status could , however , be denied a child , in the opinion of some lawyers , if it were ...
Page 261
... legitimate or illegitimate , the Roman woman had , throughout the classical period , no legal rights at all , except , eventually , a very limited right to intestate succession . This compares badly ( at least from the mother's point of ...
... legitimate or illegitimate , the Roman woman had , throughout the classical period , no legal rights at all , except , eventually , a very limited right to intestate succession . This compares badly ( at least from the mother's point of ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Guardianship of Women | 5 |
Marriage | 31 |
Copyright | |
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