Twelve Tables Law (T)

Author: World Famous Codex
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Publish Date: 2000-03-01
Features: The "Twelve Tables" is a compilation of the (native customary law) of ancient Rome. Its content is centered around the private property of slaveholders, while also retaining the patriarchal system of parental authority and talionic revenge. The content of each table is as follows: summoning, trial, execution, parental authority, inheritance and guardianship, ownership and possession, land and houses, private offenses, public law, religious law, and supplements to the first five tables and the last five tables. Overall, its main characteristics are: , extensive content, combining various laws into a single system. Public law and private law, substantive law and procedural law are not distinguished. This reflects the legislative level of the early stage of Roman law development. Second, emphasis on formalism.