Obligations in classical procedure

Metzger, E. (2008) Obligations in classical procedure. In: The Future of Obligations, Rome, 12-14 March 2008,

Abstract

The civil law gave the praetor relatively few rules of procedure with which to manage a tribunal. Accordingly many rules of procedure were the product of the praetor's own active lawmaking. His lawmaking frequently took the form of actions and stipulations, which is to say, obligations. This essay describes a selection of law reforms where this was the case. The essay concludes with the suggestion that the praetor turned to more effective methods of enforcement, not because the older methods were poor, but because parties were more frequently turning to litigation for the adjudication of claims, and less frequently for simple arbitration.

• Item Type: Conference Proceedings
• Keywords: Roman law, Roman civil procedure, Legal history
• Status: Published
• Refereed: No
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Metzger, Professor Ernest
• Authors: Metzger, E.
• Subjects: K Law > K Law (General)
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Law
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2008 The Author
• First Published: First published in Proceedings of the Future of Obligations Conference 2008
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced with permission of the author.