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LEX Podcast. Episode 3: A look into the Roman Persona


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Today, in legal terminology, the term persona (or “person”) refers to an individual subject to the law—someone upon whom the full force of legal norms can be applied. Was it true for the Romans? Today we will see what it meant to be a person with full right to be recognised by the law.

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Fonts: 

  • Gai. 1.9.
  • D.4.2.9.1.
  • Gai 1.159.
  • Cfr.I.1.16.4
  • D.25.4.1.1
  • D.50.16.129
  • C.6.29.3
  • Gai I. generaliter. 
  • Marrone, Istituzioni di Diritto Romano, Palumbo 2006
  • William L. Burdick, The Principles of Roman Law and Their Relation to Modern Law (The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd 2004)
  • The Main Institutions of the Roman Private Law, WW Buckland, Cambridge 2023
  • J. R. Trahan, ‘The Distinction between Persons and Things: An Historical Perspective’ (2008)

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Have you ever wondered how much written law, statues and codes weigh on the daily life of a person? And I am talking about the modern day here. 

Well, you’ll be surprised by how small of an impact it has now. On this podcast we'll see what was the bases of the ancient Roman law system and its unwritten rules.



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Fonts:

  • Marrone M., Istituzioni di Diritto Romano, Palumbo 2006
  • D.1.3.32.1 (Iul. 84 dig.)
  • D.1.3.33 (Ulp. I de off. procon.)
  • D.1.3.35 (Hermog. I iuris epit.)
  • Gai.3.82
  • Ulp.D.3.2.11.1
  • Modest.D.48.9.9
  • Iul.D.2.5.1, and Iul. 55 dig.
  • D. 1.3.32 (Iul.84 dig.)
  • I.1.2.3-9.

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