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This dissertation, although romanistic, will also interest t h e papyrologists, because t h e mercenarius (in his narrower sense) = a person who in a house n o t of his own accomplishes all services ordered b y t h e proprietor, shows a great a f f i n i t y w i t h t h e παρα-μονάριος a figure whom we f i n d now a n d again in t h e p a p y r i (cf. m y article JJP 7/8, 182 ff.).
THE LAW GOVERNING DOMESTIC RELATIONS
J . K l i m a , Su un'analogia babilonese del Sc. Macedoniano: Con-tribute alia storia delle limitazioni délia capacità giuridica (Studi in on. U. E. Paoli, 4 3 3 ^ 1 4 1 ) .
According t o t h e a u t h o r , CB § 14 a t t e m p t e d to lend m o n e y t o a mâr awîlim la zi-zu, to a slave (and respectively t o a person who h a d a potestas familiaris over b o t h of t h e m ) . H e p r o v e s t h a t this idea appeared l a t e r in other systems of law, especially in A t t i c a n d in E g y p t i a n laws, a n d t h a t a t last it f o u n d its precise f o r m u l a t i o n in t h e f a m o u s Sc. Macedonianum.
R . Y a r o n , Aramaic Marriage Contracts from Elephantine (Journ. Sem. Stud. 3 (1) [1958] 1—39).
I n t h i s dissertation t h e a u t h o r examines in detail t h e Aramaic marriage c o n t r a c t s published b y C o w l e y in Aramaic Papyri of the 5th Century B.C. (A.P.) a n d b y K r a e l i n g in Brooklyn Museum Aramaic Papyri (P. Brooklyn). He discusses t h e various clauses into which t h e c o n t r a c t s can be divided, a n d t h e n t u r n s to some characteristic phrases occurring in t h e m . Finally he examines their historical b a c k g r o u n d a n d t h e law reflected in t h e m .
T h e dissertation will also interest t h e papyrologists as t h e early Greco-Egyptian marriage c o n t r a c t s show various affinities t o t h e earlier A r a m a i c d o c u m e n t s (cf. p . 23, 24, 25).
J . M o d r z e j e w s k i , Le droit de famille dans les lettres privées grec-ques d'Egypte (JJP 9—10 [1956] 339—364).
J . M o d r z e j e w s k i , Note sur P. Strasb. 237: Une contribution au problème de Γαγραφος et έγγραφος γάμος (Eos 48 fasc. 3 = Sym-bolae R. Taubenschlag dedicatae I I I [1957] 139—154).
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R. TAUBENSCHLAGIn this interesting study the author asserts that άγραφος γάμος
consisted in the cohabitation of the parties -while έγγραφος γάμος
designated this kind of marriage in which the cohabitation was
followed by a written financial agreement.
U. E. P a o l i , Les limites juridiques de Vapheresis paternelle dan
sle droit attique (Recueil de Γ Académie de législation de Toulouse JJ
[1953]).
This interesting article will be also of use for papyrologists·
E. P. W e g e n e r , Miscellanea Papyrologica: I. The Alexandrian
Synchoresis P. Vindob. Gr. Inv. 25817, II. Normal Family-Life
in the Census-Declarations P. Brem. 32 and 33 ( J J P 9—10 [1956]
97—116).
U. B r a s i e l l o , SDHI XXII (1956) 512.
In this report from the „11 Deutscher Rechtshistorikertag"'
(Freiburg in Breisgau) a communication made by E. K i e s s l i n g
on Ein Damnationslegat auf Grund einer unveröffentlichten
Papyrusur-kunde is mentioned.
H. J . W o l f f , Προίξ (repr. from P a u l y — Kroll — Ziegler, RE
XXIII [1957] 134—170).
This excellent article deals with the προίξ in the
ancient-Greek-city law. To the προίξ in the papyri is dedicated only p. 170. It is
noteworthy that, as the author asserts, the term φερνή went out
of use in Egypt in the IV cent. A.D. and was substituted by the
word προίξ.
THE L A W OF PROPERTY
