JUDr. Mgr. Radek Černoch, Ph.D., Department of the History of the State and Law
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Roman State and Sources of Law


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Roman State
§Monarchy
§Rex, senatus, comitia curiata
§Republic
§Magistratus cum imperio/potestate
•Consul, praetor, questor, censor, aedilis, dictator, tribunus plebis,…
§Senatus
§Comitia curiata, calata, centuriata, tributa, plebis tributa
§Principate+Dominate
§Emperor, imperial officers/offices


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Sources of Law
§Formal
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§Material
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§Cognitive


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http://cil.bbaw.de/test06/bilder/datenbank/PH0003944.jpg (only for illustration)


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Sources of law - overview
§Lex duodecim tabularum
§Lex x ius
§See Gai Inst. 1, 2: acts, plebeian statutes, resolutions of the Senate, imperial enactments,
edicts, answers by jurists
§Edictum perpetuum Hadriani
§Leges
§Codex Theodosianus (CTh)
§Lex citationis
§CIC
§Digesta seu Πανδέκται
§Codex
§Institutiones
§Byzantine: Ἐκλογή, βασιλικά
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Note: Byzantine Law is mentioned only for illustration, it will not be required for exam.

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