Paper's abstract

René-Marie Rampelberg, Roman Obligatio: Perspective on an Evolution
The Roman conception of obligatio constitutes the jewel of the unavoidable contribution of Roman private law to our contemporary eastern legal systems. The Romans, even if they never knew any thing like the principle of autonomy of will, have however, in the field of contractual obligations, got past the reference to standard contracts by contriving through the ages the mechanism of so-called "unnamed" contracts. Yet these may present more interest than the Roman classification of obligations we are still living on.

Key Words : obligation, Rome, history, autonomy of will, contract
t. 44, 2000 : p. 51-68

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