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THE VOTUM CAPTANDAE MORTIS AND ITS RELEVANCE IN ROMAN LAW
THE VOTUM CAPTANDAE MORTIS AND ITS RELEVANCE IN ROMAN LAW

Author(s): Maria Federica Merotto
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Civil Law, Roman law
Published by: Editura Hamangiu S.R.L.
Keywords: Agreements as to Succession in Roman Law; Immorality; Votum Corvinum; Votum Captandae Mortis; Contra Bonos Mores; Pacta de Hereditate Viventis;

Summary/Abstract: The paper focuses primarily on the votum captandae mortis: that is to say the despicable hope of death of the de cuius which – according to the traditional thinking – Roman jurists believed would have been induced by the agreements as to succession. After making a mention of the problematic profiles of this ratio today, the research dwells on the few ancient sources that associate agreements as to succession with a violation of the boni mores, trying to show that the declarations of invalidity of the agreements de hereditate viventis didn’t steam from the mere ‘votum corvinum’.

  • Issue Year: X/2022
  • Issue No: X
  • Page Range: 416-425
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English
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