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Roman Law
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- Roman Law 271
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- Stellenbosch University (SUN)
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ROMAN LAWSimonet Kapp
,Contents
glossary:....................................................................................................................................................................6
formative assessment 1:........................................................................................................................................17
formative assessment: group 4:.............................................................................................................................19
formative assessment: group 4:.............................................................................................................................21
formative assessment group 1&2:.........................................................................................................................22
tutorial 1:................................................................................................................................................................24
tutorial 2:................................................................................................................................................................26
tutorial 3:................................................................................................................................................................28
introduction to the roman law of things:...............................................................................................................30
aims:...................................................................................................................................................................30
why study?..........................................................................................................................................................30
the role and the place of law of things:.............................................................................................................31
overview:............................................................................................................................................................32
roman Constitutional history & sources of Roman law.........................................................................................34
part 1: ROMAN CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY......................................................................................................34
1. the monarchy: 753 BC – 510 BC:................................................................................................................34
2. the republic 510 bc – 27 bc:.......................................................................................................................35
3. The EMpire:................................................................................................................................................38
law of things: the concept of res and classification..............................................................................................39
classification of public things:............................................................................................................................40
classification of private things:...........................................................................................................................41
recap:..................................................................................................................................................................42
personal and real actions:......................................................................................................................................44
real v personal actions:......................................................................................................................................44
real action (actio in rem):...................................................................................................................................45
personal action (actio in personam)..................................................................................................................45
ownership: (content and limitations).....................................................................................................................47
content (nature) of ownership:..........................................................................................................................47
RECAP: OWNERSHIP:..........................................................................................................................................48
types of ownership:................................................................................................................................................49
a. dominium (ex iure quiritium).........................................................................................................................49
dominium:..........................................................................................................................................................49
b. praetorian ownership (bonitary ownership):.................................................................................................50
c. co-ownership:.................................................................................................................................................50
general principles:..............................................................................................................................................53
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, communio:.........................................................................................................................................................53
ownership overview:..............................................................................................................................................54
ownership:..........................................................................................................................................................54
other rights in respect of things:........................................................................................................................54
limited real rights:..............................................................................................................................................54
acquisition of ownership – derivative versus original acquisition:........................................................................55
classification of methods of acquisition:............................................................................................................55
derivative methods of acquisition:.....................................................................................................................55
derivative acquisition of ownership – mancipatio & in iure cessio:......................................................................56
a) mancipatio:.....................................................................................................................................................56
b) in iure cessio:..................................................................................................................................................56
mancipatio and in iure cessio: example questions:...............................................................................................57
differentiate between derivative and original acquisition of ownership:.........................................................57
The degree of formality required with which each of the derivative forms of acquisition differed. Yet one
basic rule was fundamental to all these forms of acquisition. Write down the rule and its implication..........57
broadly describe the formalities that had to be complied with in case of mancipatio, as well as the persons
involved and their respective functions:............................................................................................................57
why were scales used during the mancipatio procedure:.................................................................................58
what happened if it was impossible to have the relevant res at hand for mancipatio:....................................58
why did the formal delivery form of mancipatio remain popular until late in the classical era?......................58
how did mancipatio in the classical era differ from the original?......................................................................58
apart from being a mode of transferring ownership, what were the other uses of mancipatio?....................59
like mancipatio, in iure cessio as also a formal procedure. describe briefly how transfer was affected
herewith:............................................................................................................................................................59
what were the main similarities between in iure cessio and mancipatio:........................................................59
how did in iure cessio and mancipatio differ?...................................................................................................60
why was mancipatio so much more popular than in iure cessio?.....................................................................61
for what was in iure cessio particularly useful?.................................................................................................61
questions discussed in class:..................................................................................................................................62
1. briefly explain the meaning of praetorian or bonitary ownership (5):..........................................................62
2. explain and evaluate the maxim communio est mater rixarum:...................................................................62
traditio: (last form of derivative acquisition).........................................................................................................63
traditio (ex iusta causa):.....................................................................................................................................63
procedure:..........................................................................................................................................................64
examples of iusta causa (lawful cause):.............................................................................................................64
traditio (ex iusta causa):.....................................................................................................................................64
traditio longa manu: (delivery with the long hand)...........................................................................................66
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, traditio brevi manu: (delivery with the SHORTHAND).......................................................................................66
constitutum possessorium:................................................................................................................................66
physical delivery:................................................................................................................................................66
abstract vs causal systems:................................................................................................................................67
abstract versus causal systems of transfer:...........................................................................................................68
discussion on the following question:................................................................................................................68
derivative methods of acquisition:.....................................................................................................................68
introduction to originial acquisition of ownership, usucapio:...............................................................................72
original methods of acquisition of ownership:..................................................................................................72
a) prescription:...................................................................................................................................................72
occupatio & accessio: (original acquisition of ownership).....................................................................................76
b) occupatio (appropriation):.............................................................................................................................76
c) accessio: (accession).......................................................................................................................................77
occupatio & accessio: REVISION:............................................................................................................................85
specificatio: original acquisition of ownership.......................................................................................................88
specificatio:.........................................................................................................................................................88
specificatio: remedies:.......................................................................................................................................90
acquisition of fruits, confusi & commixtio, thesauri inventio:...............................................................................91
acquisition of fruit:.............................................................................................................................................91
confusio & commixtio: (mixing and mingling) or (fusion and mixing)...............................................................93
thesauri inventio (treasure trove): (finding treasure)........................................................................................94
owner’s remedies:..................................................................................................................................................97
rei vindicatio:......................................................................................................................................................98
owner’s remedies:................................................................................................................................................104
actio publiciana in rem:....................................................................................................................................104
actio negatoria in rem:.....................................................................................................................................107
exceptio rei venditae et traditae: (defence against the rei vindicatio)............................................................108
possessio:.............................................................................................................................................................110
possessio v dominium:.....................................................................................................................................110
possessio v detentio:........................................................................................................................................110
possessio v detentio:........................................................................................................................................114
consequences of possessio:.............................................................................................................................115
possessio: acquisition:......................................................................................................................................115
possessio: loss..................................................................................................................................................116
iuris quasi possessio:........................................................................................................................................119
discussion class: owner’s remedies:.....................................................................................................................120
question 1:........................................................................................................................................................120
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