HumanitiesClassicsProperty LawProperty RightsRoman HistoryAncient RomeRoman EmpireRoman FamilyRoman LawRoman RepublicRoman Social StructurePatrilineal AuthorityRoman Family LawRoman Inheritance LawRoman Law TraditionRoman Private LawRoman Property Law
This paper is concerned with the position of a Roman paterfamilias with respect to his family's property in the period of the Republic. Rights over property are in Roman law strictly dominium and not potestas ; but to understand the role of a family system in a society one must analyse how its property is managed and passed on.