Einige Gedanken über die specificatio bei Gaius
Some remarks about specificatio at Gaius

Summary/Abstract: The jurists were and still are divided upon the question whether good faith (bona fides) was necessary to acquire the ownership of a newly made thing (species). Gaius also discussed the case of specification (specificatio) in his Instituts. However, he did not explicitly answer the question. This paper seeks to offer a reasonable explanation for Gaius’ silence. It argues that the financial compensation was the main concern of the great Roman jurisconsult who reached a right solution through procedural means on the basis of some sophisticated natural law principles.

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