Abstract
The history of administrative law has a starting point, usually located in the French dogmatics of the 19th century. However, the contribution of Roman law to public law ―in general— and to administrative law —in particular— is rarely examined in detail, either by administrative law specialists or by Romanists. For this reason, through this article, we intend to investigate the Roman sources of some of the most fundamental and some of the most critical legal institutes of current Administrative Law, such as public powers, public order, the power of empire, the principle of exorbitance or the concept of Treasury, to unfold our understanding regarding the actual historical roots of our current public law —and the administrative law, mainly —.
Highlights
La distinción según el objeto: derecho público y derecho privadoLos romanos plantearon una división del derecho según el objeto al que estaban dirigidas sus normas.
Una profundización de las raíces históricas de esta distinción permitirá calibrar más apropiadamente su alcance para la hora presente
El surgimiento del derecho público como categoría jurídicaEl derecho público era denominado por los romanos como Jus Publicum. En efecto, en el Digesto de Justiniano se recogieron las palabras del jurista Ulpiano, quien define a esta rama del derecho de la siguiente manera: "Es derecho público el que respecta al estado (léase: ‘situación’) de la cosa romana” (Ulpiano, 1895, Libro I, Título 1, § 4).
Summary
Los romanos plantearon una división del derecho según el objeto al que estaban dirigidas sus normas. Una profundización de las raíces históricas de esta distinción permitirá calibrar más apropiadamente su alcance para la hora presente
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