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The Roman Law of Trusts Johnston, David (Fellow, Fellow, Christ's College, Cambridge)
The Roman Law of Trusts
Johnston, David (Fellow, Fellow, Christ's College, Cambridge)
A history of Roman law and how it affected society, focusing on the legal evolution of the "fideicommissum", a device similar to a "trust" in common law. As part of Roman inheritance law, this affected strategies of succession open to testators and reveals ambitions and legislative concerns.
318 pages, bibliography
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | January 12, 1989 |
| Original release date | 1988 |
| ISBN13 | 9780198252160 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 318 |
| Dimensions | 143 × 224 × 23 mm · 566 g |
| Language | English |