ACCT 210 Lecture 11:
9 Aug 2020
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2 fas and ius in archaic roman law. Roman law consisted of the traditional customs and morals. Fas governed the relation between gods and men. Ius governed the relations among the citizens: to guarantee peace among the citizens, only disputes regulated by the ius could be brought before the courts, protected the private interest of the citizens. Public authority played a limited and passive role in judicial processes. The court consisted of ordinary citizens who assessed who was in the right/wrong and handed down a judgement. 3 ius civile and the law of the twelve tables. Ius civile = law of and for the roman citizens. Roman law was applied personally and not territorially. The mos maiorum formed the core of the ius civile: amalgam of rules and institutes handed down from generation to generation, before the republic : statute laws promulgated by the king = leges regiae. 55 the law of the twelve tables.
