The obligation of dowry restitution and the birth of divorce in rome

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  • Carlos Felipe Amunátegui Perello Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Abstract

This article is about the relationship between the birth of divorce as an institution in the Republican Rome and the appearance, for the husband, of the obligation of dowry restitution. The case of Spurio Carvilio Ruga is specially studied, whose divorce, according to tradition, was the first to be practiced in Rome's history.

Author Biography

Carlos Felipe Amunátegui Perello, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Profesor de Derecho Romano de la
Facultad de Derecho de la
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
Alameda 340, tercer piso, Santiago Centro, Chile

 

How to Cite

Amunátegui Perello, C. F. (2008). The obligation of dowry restitution and the birth of divorce in rome. Revista De Estudios Histórico-Jurídicos, (30). Retrieved from https://rehj.cl/index.php/rehj/article/view/484

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