Women in Roman Law and SocietyThe legal situation of the women of ancient Rome was extremely complex, and - since there was no sharp distinction between free woman, freedwoman and slave - the definition of their legal position is often heard. Basing her lively analysis on detailed study of literary and epigraphic material, Jane F. Gardner explores the provisions of the Roman laws as they related to women. |
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... illegitimate, they were sui iuris. The powers of the pater were extensive, 3 and they lasted over his sons and their children as long as he lived, and over his daughters likewise, unless they previously had passed into the manus of a ...
... illegitimate children had a claim (by the senatusconsultum Orphitianum). 11 The fictitious sale was also used to emancipate the son or daughter from potestas. Again, a son was 'sold' three times, a daughter once. One purpose of ...
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Contents
Some Effects of Marriage | |
Divorce | |
Dowry | |
Sexual Offences | |
Children | |
Inheritance and Bequest | |
Slaves and Freedwomen | |
Women at Work | |
The Emancipation of Roman Women | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |