Law
Adolfo Wegmann Stockebrand
Obligatio re contracta
Ein Beitrag zur sogenannten Kategorie der Realverträge im römischen Recht
[Obligatio re contracta. A Study of Roman Law's So-Called Real Contract Category.]
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Published in German.
The general view that Roman law's category of obligatio re contracta - orreal contract in today's terms – consists of the elements of credits, loans, deposits and bonds is a false retrospective construct. Roman law actually recognised only one reason for setting up such an obligatio re contracta: the credit.