Wrongful Damage to Property in Roman Law: British Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9781474434461 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 256 str.

Paul J. Du Plessis

Opis

This volume investigates the peculiarly British fixation with the the lex Aquilia, a Roman statute enacted c.287/286 BCE to reform the Roman law on wrongful damage to property, against the backdrop larger themes such as the development of delict/tort in Britain and the rise of comparative law.

Spis treści

Preface, Paul J. du Plessis; Matters of Context; 1.The Early Historiography of the Lex Aquilia in Britain: Introducing Students to the Digest, John W. Cairns; 2. William Warwick Buckland on the Lex Aquilia, David Ibbetson; 3. ‘This Concern with Pattern’: F.H. Lawson’s Negligence in the Civil Law, Paul Mitchell; 4. Student’s Digest: 9.2 in Oxford in the Twentieth Century, Benjamin Spagnolo; Case Studies; 5. Revisiting D.9.2.23.1, Joe Sampson; 6. Reflections on the Quantification of Damnum, Alberto Lorusso; 7. Causation and Remoteness: British Steps on a Roman Path, David Johnston; 8. Roman and Civil Law Reflections on the Meaning of Iniuria in Damnum Iniuria Datum, Giuseppe Valditara; 9. Lord Atkin, Donoghue v Stevenson and the Lex Aquilia: Civilian Roots of the ‘Neighbour’ Principle, Robin Evans-Jones and Helen Scott; 10. Conclusions, Paul J. du Plessis.