Statut personnel et liens de famille dans les droits de l’Antiquité

This second selection of articles by Professor Mélèze-Modrzejewski deals with the questions of personal status and family ties in Classical law, both Greco-Roman and Eastern. It covers the period up to the Christian era, with Hellenistic Egypt as its focus. The first studies examine what was held to distinguish free men, slaves and animals, as well as what constituted a ’Greek’ in Lagid Egypt. The following section looks at the legal structures of Greek marriage and, in particular, at the problem of ’irregular’ unions, whether between close relatives or with foreigners. Finally, the author deals with two aspects of a person’s estate: the State’s appropriation of this where there was no heir, and the nature of foundations in Greek law. The volume concludes with a section of additional notes.