The Will in the Per Formulas Procedure in Roman Law. The Actio
Abstract
In the Roman legal system, the actio was portrayed as a claim that was protectable by the praetor and which would entail the existence of the asserted legal situation as enunciated by the plaintiff through the postulatio actionis and the connected editio actionis . Through these passages, the plaintiff’s will/ voluntas became the norm through the granting of a formula, which would lead to the litis contestatio and the judgment that closed the trial.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Legal principles and applications
Classical Antiquity Studies
Classical Studies and Legal History
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Routledge eBooks
- Pages
- 167–194
- Publication date
- 24 February 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter