Studi sul pensiero giuridico dei tres qui fundaverunt ius civile. I. Prolegomena

The volume aims at thoroughly inquiring the picture given to three Roman jurists by the Roman jurist Pomponius, lived in the II century a. C. Those three jurists are taken into account as a whole by Pomponius in the introduction of his textbook on the law, written around 130 a. C. In this introduction Pomponius talks about the most preeminent jurists lived in Roman society, briefly describing their contribution to the Roman legal theory as well as to the Roman law in itself. These three jurists lived in the 2nd century b. C. and were active between 145 and 115 b. C. Pomponius marked their contribution to the Roman jurisprudence and law as 'fundare ius civile'. This foot stone, as well as the further five elements that can be extracted from Pomponius' explanation, are deeply analysed in the book. Since the research points the underrated importance of the XII Tables in Roman law of the 2nd century b. C. out, the last chapter of the book is devoted to justify the key role still played by the codification of the 5th century b. C. in the law of three hundreds year later. The book is finally part of a research in three parts on this three jurists: the first part devoted to their biography and the recognition of the structure of their works, the second herein presented, the third on their legal thinking, as it results from the later sources that reported it (most of the time going back to the treatise on the law written in 90 b. C. by Publius Mucius' son).