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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Main Author:	Johnston, David, 1961-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1988.
Subjects:	Trusts and trustees (Roman law) > History. Fideicommissum (Roman law) > History. Fiducie (Droit romain) > Histoire. Fidéicommis (Droit romain) > Histoire. Fideicommissum (Roman law) Trusts and trustees (Roman law) Erfrecht. Fideï-commissen. Romeins recht. Fiducie (Droit romain) Substitution (droit romain) Roman Empire > Trusts > Law Electronic books. History.
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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.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 306 pages)
Format:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-291).
ISBN:	9780191681356 0191681350