Title: The Roman law of trusts
First published: 1988
Description: 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.
Subjects: History, Fideicommissum (Roman law), Trusts and trustees (Roman law), Trusts and trustees, Roman law, history
LC classification: KJA2421 .J64 1988