Obligations in Roman Law: Past, Present, and Future

Contributors

349 Contributors Nikolaus Benke teaches Roman law at the University of Vienna, where he is university professor and chair of the Department of Roman Law and Ancient Legal History. He is the author of a number of books and articles on Roman private law. His most recent book is Exempla Sequimur: Untersuchungen zur Exemplum als normenbildender Größe im klassischen römischen Recht, unter spezieller Berücksichtigung kaiserlicher Entscheide (in press). Cosimo Cascione teaches the history of Roman law at the University of Naples (Federico II). He is the author of various books and articles on Roman public and private law and on the history of Roman law scholarship. Since his first monograph, Tresviri capitales (1999), he has been deeply engaged in the study of criminal law in ancient Rome. His most recent book is Studi di diritto pubblico romano (2010). Maria Floriana Cursi teaches at the University of Teramo, where she is professor of institutions of Roman law. She is the author of a number of books and articles on postliminium and captivity, land law, damage to property, and Aquilian liability in the Roman experience. Her most recent books are L’eredità dell’actio de dolo e il problema del danno meramente patrimoniale (2008) and Danno e responsabilità extracontrattuale nella storia del diritto privato (2010). Her latest article about the lex Aquilia (“What Did Occidere Iniuria in the Lex Aquilia Actually Mean?”) has recently been published in the journal Roman Legal Tradition (2011). Paul du Plessis is a legal historian at Edinburgh University, whose research interests include Roman law, medieval interpretations of Roman law, Roman-­ 350 Contributors Dutch law, the historical development of the civilian tradition in mixed jurisdictions , and the relationship between law and history as well as between law and society in a historical context. His secondary research interests include the development of European private law, comparative law, and international private law. Roberto Fiori is professor of Roman law at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. He is the author of a number of books and articles on criminal law, public law, contract law, and civil procedure in Roman law and in the civilian tradition. His most recent book is Bonus vir: Politica filosofia retorica e diritto nel De Officiis di Cicerone (2011). Dennis Kehoe teaches at Tulane University, where he is professor of classical studies and Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities (2010–­ 13). He has written on the economy and law of the Roman Empire, and his publications include Investment, Profit, and Tenancy: The Jurists and the Roman Agrarian Economy (1997) and Law and the Rural Economy in the Roman Empire (2007). Carla Masi Doria is professor at the University of Naples (Federico II), where she teaches the history of Roman law. From 2005, she has been chair of the Department of Roman Law, History, and Theory of Law, named in honor of Francesco De Martino. She has published books and articles on slavery and the legal status of freed persons, as well as on the political and institutional history of the Roman Republic, with particular reference to political office and to criminal law. Her most important works include Bona libertorum (1996), Spretum imperium (2000), and Quaesitor urnam movet e altri studi sul diritto penale romano (2nd ed., 2007). Thomas A. J. McGinn teaches at Vanderbilt University, where he is professor of classical studies, religion, and women’s studies. He is the author of a number of books and articles on marriage, divorce, prostitution, women, and the family in ancient Greece and Rome. His most recent book is Widows and Patriarchy: Ancient and Modern (2008). Ernest Metzger is the Douglas Professor of Civil Law at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. He writes on Roman law, especially Roman civil procedure, Contributors 351 and the jurisprudence of Adam Smith. He is the author of A New Outline of the Roman Civil Trial (1997) and Litigation in Roman Law (2005). Federico Procchi teaches Roman law at the University of Pisa, where he is researcher with tenure. He is the author of various articles on investment in real estate, forensic rhetoric, and precontractual liability in ancient Rome. His monograph Licet emptio non teneat: Alle origini delle moderne teoriche sulla cosidetta culpa in contrahendo has recently been published (2012). J. Michael Rainer teaches Roman law at the University of Salzburg, where he is university professor. He is the author of numerous books and articles on Roman private...