A brief outline of roman law

The present book is a comprehensive introductory manual for the study of Roman Law and its main institutes. The manual is mainly intended for canon law students who speak English and wish to uphold the medieval maxim «ius romanum vivit in Ecclesia».

DANILO CECCARELLI MOROLLI is currently a Ordinary Professor on the faculty of Oriental Canon Law at the Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome. Here he is professor of Byzantine law, History of the Sources and the Institutes of Oriental Canon Law and also of Comparative Public Law. He is a Corresponding Member of the Pontifical Committee of Historical Sciences, (specifically for Byzantine law). He is the Scientific Director of «Iura Orientalia» an academic on-line series for ancient and modern Oriental laws. He is a researcher of Byzantine civilization at the G. Marconi University, Rome, where he teaches also Roman Law and Canon Law. He is also a visiting professor of Roman Law at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, the “Angelicum” (Rome). Additionally, he is a civil lawyer and an Officer of the Italian Navy (Selected Reserve).