CLASSICS 2K03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Aedile, Cesare Maccari, Imperium
15 Apr 2017
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The republic: the twelve tables i. e. the first codification of law. The roman constitution: the magistracies, the senate, the assemblies. 2 (ulpian) (cid:18853)law is divided into two categories: public law & private law. Public law is that which pertains to the affairs of the roman state. Private law is that which pertains to the interests of the individuals; for some things are in the interest of the state, & some in the interest of private individuals. (cid:18854) Quite similar to athenian law in that public law is associated with the. Leges regiae(laws of the kings): customary rules that dealt with matters on the border between law (public & private) & religion. Private law: matters of the (extended) family (e. g. authority of the paterfamilias, marriage, mourning, citizenship of manumitted slaves, etc. ) & republic introduced; but, it was in a near- constant state of flux. The struggle of the orders- essentially the plebeians versus the patricians.
