IMMUNITIES AND PRIVILEGES OF COLLEGIA AND CORPORA FOR PUBLIC UTILITY ACCORDING TO CALLISTRATUS “DE COGNITIONIBUS” (D. 50.6.6.12)
IMMUNITIES AND PRIVILEGES OF COLLEGIA AND CORPORA FOR PUBLIC UTILITY ACCORDING TO CALLISTRATUS “DE COGNITIONIBUS” (D. 50.6.6.12)

Summary/Abstract: The Roman law developed extremely sophisticated legal regulation regarding the social entities which can be considered as different corporative legal personalities consisted by physical persons. The organizations for public utility which subsisted during the entire existence of the Roman state are typical example for one of the particular aspects of the concept of humanitas realized with legal remedies. The Roman jurist Callistratus considers the immunity perceiving this term as an exemption from assuming functions or performing specific activities by the social entities. The immunity was granted to these associations divided terminologically in collegia and corpora. The foundation of these organizations was authorized by the Law. They were professional associations or such which were instituted to provide necessary service to Roman People. The immunity and the privileges were not conceded indifferently to all members but only to those who were actually active ones. In this number can enter persons of every age as the Emperor Antoninus Pius disapproved the discriminatory criteria that too old or immature people could not be inserted. Furthermore it was established that those who became rich and could stand munera, which the State imposed to them, could not take advantage of the privileges which the poor people had in the collegia.

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