Classical Studies 1000 Lecture 14: Roman Law and Punic Wars
26 Jan 2017
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4 periods of roman law: primitive (800-200 bc) (cid:858)pri(cid:373)iti(cid:448)e(cid:859) (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause it e(cid:373)phasizes rigid adhere(cid:374)(cid:272)e to the la(cid:449) Marked by bias: formative (200-30 bc) Influenced many major modern law codes: classical (30 bc 250 ad) Take foundations from formative and turn out jurisprudence. Lawyers who know the law and have training: vulgarizing (250-534 ad) Law schools no longer running and qualified lawyers are soon forgotten. Civil procedure (lawsuits between two citizens: almost all lawsuits were civil, formulation of the problem. Lay out circumstances under which you might be able to claim a grievance for something. Annually, it would be updated based on the rulings in the past year. We (cid:272)all this (cid:862)pre(cid:272)ede(cid:374)t(cid:863) (cid:374)o(cid:449: selection of judge. Both plaintiff and the accused were given a list of names of people with legal experience. You both had to agree on one. Only upper-class men allowed on the list. Judges and lawyers were high rank (why would they accept cash from a commoner?: trial.
