Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "財產法" in Chinese language version.
The Romans had enormous respect for property, especially land and slaves (which were the two most economically important kinds), and much of their legal system was devoted to defining and protecting ownership. [...] [A]ccording to sociologist Orlando Patterson, [...] Roman property law is based on the ownership of slaves.
The Romans had enormous respect for property, especially land and slaves (which were the two most economically important kinds), and much of their legal system was devoted to defining and protecting ownership. [...] [A]ccording to sociologist Orlando Patterson, [...] Roman property law is based on the ownership of slaves.