This casebook presents representative texts from Roman legal sources that introduce the basic problems arising in Roman families, including marriage and divorce, the pattern of authority within households, the transmission of property between generations, and the supervision of orphans.
Readership: Scholars and students of Roman family law.
Bruce W. Frier, Professor of Classics and Roman Law, University of Michigan, and Thomas A. J. McGinn, Associate Professor of Classicical Studies, Vanderbilt University
