Roman Law of Inheritance

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Roman Law of Inheritance is written by Ulrike Babusiaux and published by Edinburgh University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1399531670 (ISBN 10) and 9781399531672 (ISBN 13).

Fritz Schulz once famously described the Roman law of inheritance as "e;labyrinthine"e; and it is deemed to be the most complex part of the Roman legal system. As Rome evolved from a city-state to an imperial power, the rules of inheritance often changed because of the economic importance of acquisition at death. These changes are reflected in the Corpus iuris civilis, despite the best efforts of the compilers of the Corpus to eliminate variations in the text in order to standardise the existing material for the purposes of their compilation.The Roman Law of Inheritance gives the reader an insight into the content, structure and evolution of Roman inheritance law and provides an understanding of a fundamental part of Roman legal thought. In addition, it tackles the most difficult features of Roman law of inheritance, including the fideicommissa and the interpretation of wills which are explained against the background of historical stratification.