THE CONCEPT OF PROPERTY IN ROMAN LAW

Abstract

The significance of the Roman law in the development of the property institute, within the Law of Things, is enormous. During the long Roman history there were various forms of property, from social, public, to private. Each of these forms of ownership enjoyed a special legal protection. As the Roman society was divided into Roman citizens and those who were not, their legal property ownership permissions differed from one another. That is why there were a large number of lawsuits that in different ways protected the property of the owners of things, that is, those who, in a conscientious manner, came into possession of such things. The significance of the Roman law for modern continental legal systems based on Roman institutes, including our own, is immeasurable. Regardless of the time distance of several centuries, the solutions of Roman jurists are still current and have a practical application especially in the field of Law of Things and Law of Contract.