The Roman law of trusts
A history of Roman law and how it affected society, focusing on the legal evolution of the "fideicommissum", a device similar to a "trust" in common law. As part of Roman inheritance law, this affected strategies of succession open to testators and reveals ambitions and legislati...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Clarendon
1988, 1988
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | A history of Roman law and how it affected society, focusing on the legal evolution of the "fideicommissum", a device similar to a "trust" in common law. As part of Roman inheritance law, this affected strategies of succession open to testators and reveals ambitions and legislative concerns |
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| Item Description: | Includes indexes |
| Physical Description: | xiii, 306 p. |
| ISBN: | 9780191681356 |