DANCEST 805 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, Obligatio Consensu, Real Contracts In Roman Law
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Ielh: lecture 1 roman law in antiquity. 21 april 753 bc foundation of rome (romulus and remus with lupa) Imperium (state power): king (for life: ius civile: Senate is assembly of descendants of patres or senes : patricians. Sebatus consultum: not law but advice to king: republic (509-27 bc) Last king, tarquinius superbus, dismissed. (sextus and lucretia story: empire (27 bc-1453 ad) Imperium (state power): 2 elected consuls for a term of office of 1 year. If there is a disagreement between them, one consul can override the other but they have to agree. Law of the xii tables (lex xii tabularum) Lex xii tabularum (450 bc) considered as true source of public and private law: fons omnis iuris publici atque private. Gnaeus flavius (interpretation : circa (+-) 300 bc: 367 bc: one of the consuls is plebeian. Plebiscitum = lex: 367 bc: new office with imperium (originally patricians only) (urban) praetor.
