Commentators on The Roman Law

Ovid, the law and Roman society on abortion.

"She who first taught abortion techniques deserved to die by this assault of her own devising." Such is the apparently savage attack made by Ovid, of all writers, in, of all places, one of the Amores. 1 In view of the intense controversy now going on, it may be intriguing if not helpful to consider the Roman view or views on abortion and the legal and social background to Ovid's two poems touch...

Roman-Dutch law in modern South African succession law

Reply to the commentators

To begin with, I would like to thank the commentators for taking their time commenting on my target paper. I find it fascinating how diverging reflections it has inspired, and how often commentators express theoretical viewpoints that are compatible or that differ, regardless of the authors’ disciplinary backgrounds. I thank Andreas Roepstorff for welcoming the article, and I do feel welcome wr...

study of the factors of roman-german legal system's impact on iranian modern law

due to the british hegemony of iran in both pre- and post-constitutional revolutionary periods (1906-1911), the iranian legal system was expected to be influenced by british common law following the establishment of the modern government after the revolution. but it did not happen for various legal and non-legal reasons. a major legal reason could be iranians’ long history of acquaintance with ...

the criterion of apportionment the loss between the tortfeasors: a comparative study in common law and roman-germanic law

when the victim contributes to the damage, the apportionment of liability is necessary, and the amount of compensation awarded to the victim should be reduced. also, when more than one person injures someone, the liability must be divided between them. but the problem is that how to apportion liability? should the liability be apportioned equally or different? and if the latter is true, how the...