Roman Law questions
Discover Roman Law: Test Your Knowledge
Welcome to the Roman Law Quiz! Dive into the fascinating world of ancient legal systems and test your understanding of Rome's legal innovations, jurists, and the evolution of law through the ages.
Whether you're a student, a history enthusiast, or simply curious about the foundations of modern law, this quiz is designed for you!
- Over 30 thought-provoking questions
- Explore the impact of Roman law on modern legal systems
- Learn about key concepts, jurists, and the historical context
1. The main factor of legal innovations in ancient Roman law was:
New statutory regulations (leges)
Opinions of Roman jurists
Decisions of Roman kings
Early Christianity
2. The opinions of Roman jurists can be defined as:
Mandatory legal rules
- non binding recommendations
- judicial decisions
- teaching examples
3, Roman jurists in the first three centuries AD were:
Public officers
Private experts
Priests
Philosophers
The heart of legal method used by ancient jurists was:
Subsumption from the statutory regulations
Religion-based reasoning
Interpretation focused on the opinions of other jurists
References to customary law
The roman jurists made-law was:
Logically consistent system of rules
A sea of controversies
Unique legal laboratory
The Justinians Digest is:
Modern constitution introduced by Justinian
The archival collection of jurists' opinions from the 1st to 3rd century AD.
The collection of jurists’ opinions from the 1st to 3rd century AD. Promulgated as binding law
The handbook of ancient Roman law
The main reason for studying Roman law in 11th century Italy was:
Adoption of discovered roman legal manuscripts as a basis for legal education
Constitution of the German Emperor declaring Roman law as binding in the empire
The centuries-old practice of the application of Roman Law
The influence of the more developed Byzantine Empire with its capital in Constantinopolis
The core of late medieval legal glosses was:
deleting passages from an ancient legal text to overcome contradictions
Clarification of words in an ancient legal text whose meaning was in doubt
defining key legal concepts
Supplementing or correcting an ancient legal text according to the state of medieval knowledge
The legal method of late medieval Roman law was
The result of the influence of the political power of the pope
The result of the influence of philosophy on other sciences
A continuation of the method of ancient Roman jurists
The maxim 'agreements must be kept' (pacta sunt servanda) is:
an example of ancient legal maxim popularized in the late medieval legal science
Not an uncommon example of a new maxim formulated by late medieval jurists
a unique example of a new maxim formulated by late medieval jurists
The use of Roman law in legal practice in early modern Europe was:
the same across all jurisdictions
Leading in Germany states, the Netherlands and Italian states;
leading in France and England
Leading in Germany states and Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
The core of legal pluralism in early modern Europe was the:
A distinction between jurisdictions where Roman law applies and those where it does not
Application in a single jurisdiction of Roman law, local law and legal customs
The right of the judge to freely choose the law he will apply in the case
The core of tradition is that:
It refers to religion
Involves the extension of the past to the present
Is synonymous with history
Excludes the possibility of innovation
The inclusion of a particular jurisdiction in a specific legal tradition requires:
Lawmaker’s decision
Interest in a particular identity
Revolution
The essential difference between Islamic and civil law tradition is:
no interpretation in the Islamic tradition
Approach to the admissibility of changes to the law
rejection of the codification of law in the Islamic tradition
Marriage, according to Roman jurists, was:
A religious institution
A relationship arising from the nature
A civil law contract
Instrument of the political organization of societyan
Gifts between husband and wife in Rome were:
Basis for family financing
Prohibited transactions
Good customs
When in Rome one of the spouses declared to the other that he did not want to continue in this marriage:
Could start the divorce process in court
only the husband could initiate the divorce process in court
Marriage was over
it didn't matter, the marriage was indissoluble
Was the result of the Protestant Revolution:
Allowing divorce as in Rome
Allowing divorces
Strengthening the rights of the wife to her husband's property
Ownership and possession
Are synonyms for power over a thing
are different legal positions
Ownership in modern law means what possession was in ancient Rome
The physical control over a thing by a lessee was for Roman jurists:
Possesion
Pure factual control
Manifestation of a property right
The understanding of possession in modern private law is:
Uniform, consistent with the understanding in Roman law
Different, related to the legal title to the thing
Not uniform, but different as in Roman law
Remedies offered an owner by legal order are
Effective only against the one who took the thing from the owner
Effective against anyone who possesses a thing without the permission of the owner
effective against anyone who has become the possessor in bad faith
The liberal definition of ownership allows the exercise property rights
With respect to the social duties of any citizen
Unless the law introduces prohibitions
Without any limits
The discussion of jurists about ownership focused in Rome on:
Definitions of this right in rem
boundaries of property rights of the owner
philosophical foundation of ownership
For the idea of the abuse of right is essential today:
continuity from antiquity until codifications
the link property right and social aims of this right
the intention to harm another
The purchase of the thing from a possessor without a title:
never has made purchaser the owner of the thing
the good faith purchaser of a movable thing became owner
Purchase of ownership in result of adverse possession (usucapio) NOT needed:
the continue possession for the defined period
Good faith of purchaser of movables
legal title by seller
The requirement of formal ritual for the transfer of ownership in Rome was:
limited to things essential for agriculture production
justified by the sacral nature of ownership
Applied to non-Romans purchasers
Under causal model of the transfer of ownership:
the invalidity of the underlying transaction makes the transfer of ownership void
non-payment by the purchaser makes the transfer of ownership void
Under abstract model of the transfer of ownership:
the lack of legal title of seller does not prevent the acquisition of ownership
The invalidity of underlying transaction does not prevent the acquisition of ownership
Limited property right means:
Right to enjoy in specific way the thing belonged to another person
Right in rem for a limited period
When the heir left only debts and liabilities:
inheritance is excluded due to lack of assets
inheritance existed due to the principle of universal succession
The appointment of one heir in the Roman will to part of the estate was:
Always allowed
Allowed only in soldiers' wills
Never allowed
Allowed only in wills of officials
The appointment of one heir in the modern will to part of the estate was:
always allowed
never allowed
allowed in a limited number of jurisdictions
Joint wills in Rome:
Were not allowed to protect freedom
Were allowed only between spouses
Were allowed
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