Mitchell, PP;
(2016)
On the Legal Effects of Sponsalia.
Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte, Romanistische Abteilung
, 133
(1)
pp. 400-412.
10.7767/zrgra-2016-0112.
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Abstract
This article challenges the traditional view that informal sponsalia (as described in D. 23,1) were legally unenforceable in classical Roman law. After a close examination of the contents and structure of D. 23,1 and related Digest texts, it offers a new interpretation of a crucial passage from Aulus Gellius (Noctes Atticae 4.4), which has traditionally been read as showing that Roman sponsalia were unenforceable. The article then concludes with a consideration of the literary evidence offered by Varro, Plautus and Ovid.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | On the Legal Effects of Sponsalia |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.7767/zrgra-2016-0112 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.7767/zrgra-2016-0112 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2016 by Dr. Peter Rauch G.m.b.H./Wien. This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Betrothal; legal validity; Latin practice |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Laws |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1472093 |
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