A Manual of Roman Private Law

Prefaces; Short list of books; Introduction; 1. Sources of law; 2. Arrangements and classifications of the law; 3. Persons: slavery and citizenship; 4. Persons: the family. Persons alieni iuris; 5. Persons: The family. Persons sui iuris; 6. Things. Property. Modes of acquisition iure civili; 7. Things. Property. Modes of acquisition iure naturali; 8. Things. Rights in rem less than ownership. Power of acquisition and alienation through others; 9. Things. Universal succession. Wills; 10. Things. Wills. Legacies, etc.; 11. Things. Succession on intestacy. Bonorum possessio. Other cases of universal succession; 12. Things. Obligations. Formal contracts; 13. Things. Obligations. Contracts re and consensu: innominate contracts; 14. Things. Obligations. Pacts. Agency. Quasi-contract. Delict. Quasi-delict; 15. Things. Obligations. Incidental rules. Plurality of parties. Security for debt; 16. Actions. Classification. The systems of procedure; 17. Actions. Structure of the formula. Incidents of procedure. Praetorian remedies; Appendix. Examples of Formulae; Index.