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9 Roman Legal Trad. 1 (2013)

handle is hein.journals/rltrad9 and id is 1 raw text is: An Outline of Roman Civil Procedure Ernest Metzger* Abstract - This is a broad discussion of the key feature of Roman civil procedure, including sources, lawmaking, and rules. It co- vers the three principal models for procedure; special proceedings; appeals; magistrates; judges; and representation. It takes ac- count of new evidence on procedure discovered in the last century, and introduces some of the newer arguments on familiar but con- troversial topics. Citations to the literature allow further study. Introduction.................................................1 Surviving evidence of civil procedure ..............................3 The scope of the law...........................................7 The two stages...............................................9 Challenges, reviews, appeals .................. .................11 Principal models and special proceedings .........................13 Interdict .......................... ......................15 Legis actio ......................... ...................17 Course of proceedings.....................................19 ludex, arbiter, centumuiri..............................20 Formulary procedure.........................................21 Pleading .......................... .....................21 Praetorian lawmaking....................................22 Course of proceedings.....................................23 Cognitio ............................ ..................26 Course of proceedings.....................................27 Legacy .....................................................29 Legis actiones ........................... .................29 Formulary procedure ........................................29 Cognitio .......................................... 29 Introduction English readers have not had a single, article-length account of Roman civil procedure since Leopold Wengers contribution to rthe Enzykloptidie der Rechts- und Staatswissenschaft (1927) appeared .Douglas Professor of Civil Law, University of Glasgow. Roman Legal Tradition, 9 (2013), 1-30. ISSN 1943-6483. Published by the Ames Foundation at the Harvard Law School and the University of Glasgow School of Law. This work may be reproduced and distributed for all non-commercial purposes. Copyright @ 2013 by Ernest Metzger. All rights reserved apart from those granted above. ROMANLEGALTRADITION.ORG

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