Introduction

In the previous three chapters, we have considered the most important forms of contract recognised by Roman law. In this chapter, we look at some further mat­ters. Unlike the position in modern law, where there is a general law of contract, we have seen that Roman law recognised a range of specific contracts.

As we shall see, not everything covered in this chapter was considered to be a contract, though all had some affinity to contracts. For this reason, the looser term ‘contractual arrangements’ is used in the title of this chapter, rather than ‘contracts’.

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