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
... mother - child relationship . It was concerned rather with the child in relation to the familia to which , through the pater , it belonged . The legitimate child was in the potestas of its father , and in no circumstances could the mother ...
... mother - child relationship . It was concerned rather with the child in relation to the familia to which , through the pater , it belonged . The legitimate child was in the potestas of its father , and in no circumstances could the mother ...
Page 153
... mother heir , subject to a fideicommissum to hand over the estate to the child when he or she reached a specified age . Ulpian says ' many ' did this . Then the estate became the mother's property , to be administered as she wished ...
... mother heir , subject to a fideicommissum to hand over the estate to the child when he or she reached a specified age . Ulpian says ' many ' did this . Then the estate became the mother's property , to be administered as she wished ...
Page 188
... mother to her dead son's estate , but in both the circumstances are ambiguous . According to Quintilian , Asinius Pollio spoke on behalf of Libur- nia , who had been left nothing under her son's will ; the latter had made a certain ...
... mother to her dead son's estate , but in both the circumstances are ambiguous . According to Quintilian , Asinius Pollio spoke on behalf of Libur- nia , who had been left nothing under her son's will ; the latter had made a certain ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Guardianship of Women | 5 |
Marriage | 31 |
Copyright | |
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