DISPOSITIONS LÉGALES CONCERNANT LES PONTS DANS LA LÉGISLATION DE JUSTINIEN
LEGAL REGULATIONS REGARDING BRIDGES IN JUSTINIAN'S LEGISLATION

Summary/Abstract: Many bridges built in the ancient Rome have survived to the present time. In this presentation, the author does not focus his attention on the architectural, archaeological, construction or statistical aspects. He discusses, above all, the legal regulations concerning the bridges in the Justinian's legislation. He is looking for an answer to the question of who in the ancient times at the Romans’ supervised the bridges. He wonders if the curatores pontis existed? It touches on the question of building a "private" bridge, the correlation of bridge issues and servitude, the bridge versus assassination, the bridge versus a suicide or the bridge versus taxes paid by the Church. The Romans did not produce a comprehensive legal doctrine related to bridges. They treated roads or aqueducts much more precisely. Although the Justinian's legislation was treated marginally and incidentally about the bridges, and the current legislation on bridges is richer, dealing with, for example, in the Polish law the movement of the wild animals through them, so still the durability of the Roman bridges can be impressive.

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