CONTENTS

PREFACE                                                                                                     PAGE IX

chapter i.       Persona, Caput, Corpus, Universitas                    i

ii.              Populus and Fiscus                                     51

in.              Towns                                                        62

iv.                     Collegia', the Ius Coeundi                           95

v.                      Collegia and Corporate Capacity               129

vii.       Hereditas lacens                                       162

viii.      Charities                                                   168

ix.                     Roman Law and Legal Personality             206

INDEX OF PRINCIPAL TEXTS                                                                         237

INDEX OF SUBJECTS                                                                                         239