Craig Anderson is Lecturer in Law at Robert Gordon University.

A fresh approach to a perennial topic, this is an accessible, lucid and engaging text providing both comprehensive coverage of historical Roman private law and much insight into its continuing relevance as the conceptual foundation around which modern Scots law is structured. It should have a wide appeal.

• ForewordNote on online resourcesTable of cases; Table of statutesPart I: The Historical and Constitutional Context of Roman Law1. Historical Introduction to Roman Governance and Society2. The Legal Process3. Development of Roman Law4. Reception of Roman LawPart II: The Law of Persons5. Categories of Person6. Slavery7. Parents and Guardians8. Husband and Wife9. Liability for AnotherPart III: The Law of Things – Property10. Ownership and Possession11. Acquisition of Ownership: Derivative Acquisition12. Acquisition of Ownership: Original Acquisition13. Praedial Servitudes14. Usufruct and Related Rights15. Rights in SecurityPart IV: The Law of Things – Succession16. SuccessionPart V: The Law of Things – Obligations17. Introduction to the Law of Obligations and the Law of Contracts18. Verbal Contracts19. Real Contracts20. Consensual Contracts21. Other Contractual Arrangements22. The Law of Delicts and the Lex Aquilia23. Liability for Insulting Behaviour: the Actio Iniuriarum24. Other Delicts25. Quasi-Contractual Liability26. Quasi-Delictual LiabilityAppendix 1: Finding and Citing Roman SourcesAppendix 2: Timeline of Major Events from the Foundation of Rome to Justinian IIndex