SIGN 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Bernhard Windscheid, Coutume, Usury
2 Jul 2020
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Aeneas (trojan: went from troy to rome and settled there. Procas: numitor and amulius, rhea silvia (vertals) (daughter of numitor) was so beautiful that god. Mars fell in love with her, had two twins (romulus and remus), to be protected they put them in baskets and set them down the river. Ius civile: edictum (edicta): king, lex (leges): assembly of citizens (comitia, usus (customary law) Role of senate: always present, assembly of descendants of patres" and senes": patricians, senatus consultum: not law but advice to king, confirms appointment of king, confirms decisions by king. Last king: lucretia and sextus, tarquinius superbus. Imperium (state power): 2 elected counsuls: term of office: 1 year, the consuls would take turns (6 months each) Olivia lindell: check and balance between the two counsuls, during war, it could be one during the day and the other the next.
