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Letting and hiring in Roman legal thought / by Paul J. du Plessis.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. History and archaeology of classical antiquity. | Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; ; v. 340.Publication details: Leiden : BRILL, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (230 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789004229457
  • 9004229450
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Letting and Hiring in Roman Legal Thought: 27 BCE - 284 CE.DDC classification:
  • 346.3702 346.37022
LOC classification:
  • KJA2542 .P54 2012
Online resources:
Contents:
Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; List of Roman jurists cited; A Note on Translations; Introduction; Chapter One. Letting and Hiring in Context; 1. Terminology and History; 2. Structure; 3. The Contractual Process; 4. Litigation and the Contract of Letting and Hiring; Chapter Two. Letting and Hiring of Operae; 1. Introduction; 2. Letting and Hiring of Operae Which Involves the Transformation of the Property of One of the Contracting Parties; 2.1. Fullering and Tailoring; 2.2. Apprenticing; 2.3. Goldsmithing and Engraving; 2.4. Construction.
3. Letting and Hiring of Operae Which Involves the Movement of the Property of One of the Contracting Parties3.1. Carriage by Land; 3.2. Carriage by Water; 3.3. Carriage Where the Mode of Transport Cannot Be Determined; 4. Letting and Hiring of Operae Which Were Traditionally Classified As Artes Liberales; 4.1. Doctors; 4.2. Land-Surveyors and Architects; 4.3. Advocates; 4.4. School Teachers, Teachers of Civil Law and Philosophers; 5. Letting and Hiring of Other Operae for a Short Period of Time; 5.1. Named Operae; 5.2. Unspecified Operae; 6. Letting and Hiring of Operae and the Roman familia.
6.1. Operae of Freedmen6.2. Operae of Slaves; Chapter Three. Letting and Hiring of a Res; 1. Introduction; 2. Movable Property; 2.1. Storage Jars; 2.2. Scales; 2.3. Vehicles and Vessels; 2.4. Slaves and Animals; 3. Immovable Property; 3.1. Immovable Property in a Rural Setting; 3.2. Other Categories of Immovable Property in a Rural Setting; 3.3. Immovable Property in an Urban Setting; 3.4. Other Categories of Commercial Immovable Property; Chapter Four. Conclusions; Bibliography; List of Texts Cited; Index.
Summary: This book is a fundamental reassessment of one of the most important commercial contracts in Roman law. By drawing on legal and non-legal source material, this book seeks to assess the development of the contract in light of Roman legal thought.
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Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; List of Roman jurists cited; A Note on Translations; Introduction; Chapter One. Letting and Hiring in Context; 1. Terminology and History; 2. Structure; 3. The Contractual Process; 4. Litigation and the Contract of Letting and Hiring; Chapter Two. Letting and Hiring of Operae; 1. Introduction; 2. Letting and Hiring of Operae Which Involves the Transformation of the Property of One of the Contracting Parties; 2.1. Fullering and Tailoring; 2.2. Apprenticing; 2.3. Goldsmithing and Engraving; 2.4. Construction.

3. Letting and Hiring of Operae Which Involves the Movement of the Property of One of the Contracting Parties3.1. Carriage by Land; 3.2. Carriage by Water; 3.3. Carriage Where the Mode of Transport Cannot Be Determined; 4. Letting and Hiring of Operae Which Were Traditionally Classified As Artes Liberales; 4.1. Doctors; 4.2. Land-Surveyors and Architects; 4.3. Advocates; 4.4. School Teachers, Teachers of Civil Law and Philosophers; 5. Letting and Hiring of Other Operae for a Short Period of Time; 5.1. Named Operae; 5.2. Unspecified Operae; 6. Letting and Hiring of Operae and the Roman familia.

6.1. Operae of Freedmen6.2. Operae of Slaves; Chapter Three. Letting and Hiring of a Res; 1. Introduction; 2. Movable Property; 2.1. Storage Jars; 2.2. Scales; 2.3. Vehicles and Vessels; 2.4. Slaves and Animals; 3. Immovable Property; 3.1. Immovable Property in a Rural Setting; 3.2. Other Categories of Immovable Property in a Rural Setting; 3.3. Immovable Property in an Urban Setting; 3.4. Other Categories of Commercial Immovable Property; Chapter Four. Conclusions; Bibliography; List of Texts Cited; Index.

This book is a fundamental reassessment of one of the most important commercial contracts in Roman law. By drawing on legal and non-legal source material, this book seeks to assess the development of the contract in light of Roman legal thought.

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