CONSIDERATIONS ON THE THEORY OF NONEXISTENT LEGAL ACTS IN ROMAN LAW
CONSIDERATIONS ON THE THEORY OF NONEXISTENT LEGAL ACTS IN ROMAN LAW

Summary/Abstract: WORDING THE NONEXISTENT LEGAL ACTS THEORY BY M.C.S. ZACHARIAE, GAVE RISE TO A CONTROVERSY ABOUT ITS USEFULNESS IN THE LEGAL WORLD. IF AT THE TIME OF ITS APPEARANCE, THE LEGAL ABSENCE WAS BOUND TO BE APPLIED ONLY IN THREE CASES OF MARRIAGE MATTER, THE SUPPORTERS OF THIS THEORY HAVE EXPANDED ITS SCOPE OVER OTHER LEGAL DOCUMENTS AS WELL, SUCH AS SALES. ALTHOUGH OUTLINING THIS THEORY TOOK PLACE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, THE ROMAN SOCIETY WAS NOT FOREIGN TO THIS SANCTION. THIS STUDY AIMS TO PRESENT THE CAUSES DETERMINING THE NONEXISTENCE OF LEGAL ACTS IN ROMAN LAW. ALSO, WHERE POSSIBLE, I TRIED DRAWING COMPARISONS WITH THE CURRENT ROMANIAN CIVIL LAW.

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