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W . C. T i l l , Erbrechtliche Untersuchungen auf Grund der kopti-schen Urkunden (S.B. Oest. Akad. d. Wiss., phil.-hist. Klasse 229 B d . , 2 A b h . 1954).
T h e -work is divided into two p a r t s : t h e f i r s t p a r t — " t h e s t u d y " deals w i t h t h e object of t h e law of inheritance (p. 7 — 11), with t h e heirs (14-—55) (plurality of heirs, dialysis f o r m u l a , succession on intestacy), and w i t h t h e h e r e d i t a r y provisions (57—78) (divisio parentis inter liberos, h e r e d i t a r y c o n t r a c t s , donatio mortis causa, t e s t a m e n t ) . T h e second p a r t contains translations of d o c u m e n t s .
O u t of t h e rich contents of the book particularly n o t e w o r t h y are among others t h e a u t h o r ' s r e m a r k s on t h e right of expectance g r a n t e d t o t h e children in respect of t h e f a t h e r ' s p r o p e r t y (p. 39 f f . cf. Law2 211 ff.); on t h e privileged position of the son (p. 30/31 cf.
Law2 186 f f . ) ; on t h e disinheritance of t h e sons (p. 43 ff. cf. Law2
137); on t h e successio contra tabulas (p. 43 f f . cf. Law2 21); on t h e
responsibility of the heir ( 11 ff., cf. Law2 218 ff.); on b u r y i n g of
t h e t e s t a t o r (72 ff., cf. Laiv2 197 f f . ) ; on t h e division of the
inheri-t a n c e (14 ff., cf. Law2 222 ff.); on j o i n t wills of h u s b a n d s a n d wifes
(cf. p . 62 f f . , see Law2 2012).
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E . S c h ö n b a u e r , Eine wichtige Katagr ар he-Urkunde P. Graec. Vindob. 19.853 (Aegyptus X X X I I I (2) [1953] 253—274). T h e a u t h o r makes a n analysis of. P . Graec. Vindob. 19.853 published in 1951 b y A. G e r s t i n g e r which a t t e s t s t h e t r a n s -cription in t h e registers of the βιβλιοθήκη έγκτήσεων of a c o n t r a c t of sale concluded on t h e 28th of October, 319. He f i n d s there t h e c o n f i r m a t i o n of his doctrine on καταγραφή which remained u n -changed since t h e beginning of t h e P t o l e m a i c era u n t i l the t i m e of C o n s t a n t i n e .
E . "Weiss, Zum römischen Recht in Aegypten nach dem Ergehen der Constitutio Antoniniana (Sav. Z. L X X [1953] 390—398). T h e a u t h o r relates a b o u t t h e apographe of real estate p r o p e r t y in t h e βιβλιοθήκη έγκτήσεων in Hermopolis Magna in 319 A.D. (P. Graec. V i n d o b . 19.598, edited b y H . G e r s t i n g e r in t h e An-zeiger d. phil.-hist. Kl. d. öst. Akad. d. Wiss. 1950, No. 2.).
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He indicates t h a t the proceedings concerning t h e acquisition of p r o p e r t y (the apographe of real estate) given there is quite par-ticular f r o m t h e p o i n t of view of the R o m a n law. Since t h e real estate sold here is solum provinciale n a m e l y tribularium (Gai I I , 21) and a res пес mancipi, the acquisition of p r o p e r t y should t a k e place ipsa traditione (Gai I I , 19) w h a t was still emphasized b y Diocel-t i a n in С I, I I , 3, 20 (TradiDiocel-tionibus [mancipaDiocel-tionibus] eDiocel-t usucapio-nibus dominia rerum, non nudis pactis transferuntur [293 A. D.]). I n t h e second p a r t of his s t u d y t h e a u t h o r opposes the idea of t h e editor t h a t v . 11 concerns a κατοχή on behalf of children un-der age a n d tries to explain the assertions in these lines f r o m t h e p o i n t of view of the modified R o m a n law as it was in force in E g y p t .
E . S c h ö n b a u e r , Attische Rechtseinrichtungen in sinnvoller Einheit (Πραγματεία-, της 'Ακαδημίας 'Αθηνών 18 (1) [1953]).
I n his showily w r i t t e n s t u d y t h e a u t h o r investigates (p. 38—9) the s.c. δίκη έξούλης consisting in the a s s u m p t i o n of a controlled land p r o p e r t y in Attic law which h a d b u t gradually been appeased b u t never quite ceased to exist. A controlled land p r o p e r t y appears also in the Ptolemaic period and particularly w i t h reference to cleruchic and catoecic land. W h e n these parcels changed h a n d s , it was n o t only necessary t h e usual cooperation of the registry of real properties b u t also a special permission of the catoecic autho-rities. The authorities h a d f i r s t to accept a new holder. Characte-ristic is t h a t in t h i s case the t e r m παραχώρησις for t r a n s f e r of pro-p e r t y is used. T h e holder is w i t h - d r a w n and a new holder enters his place w i t h t h e consent of authorities. We f i n d here the same idea, which is to be f o u n d in the controlled land in Attica, n a m e l y t h a t the single holder is not entitled to transfer his p r o p e r t y t o another p r i v a t e person b u t only t o w i t h d r a w f r o m the lot in order to make w a y t o another person who according the principles go-verning the landed p r o p e r t y , now as a new holder steps on his place.
J . H e r r m a n n , Zum Begriff der γ η έν άφέσει (Chronique ďEgypte X X X , No. 59 [1955] 95—106).
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