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Academician Marijan Horvat’s Roman Law (1977 edition) stands as one of the most significant and influential achievements in Croatian legal historiography and Roman law scholarship. For decades, this textbook has served as a key resource for generations of law students, scholars, and legal professionals across the region. The author approaches Roman law with exceptional scholarly precision and methodological clarity. The book is divided into general and special sections, covering the historical development of the Roman state and sources of law, status and family law, property law, and the law of obligations, as well as the fundamentals of inheritance law and civil procedure. Horvat presents Roman law not merely as a static set of legal rules, but as a living, dynamic system that evolved in response to social and economic changes. The work’s particular value lies in the author’s precise language, clear terminology, and profound understanding of the influence Roman legal institutions have had on modern continental European legal systems. The 1977 edition represents a classic, canonical version of this indispensable legal text.