Dealing with the Abyss: The Nature and Purpose of the Rhodian Sea-Law on Jettison (Lex Rhodia de Iactu, D 14.2) and the Making of Justinian’s Digest

Abstract

Because of the universal nature of legal problems connected with shipwreck, the solutions proposed in classical Antiquity had a tremendous impact on the subsequent legal history of maritime law, to the effect that many commentators have discussed the various, though relatively few, Greek and Latin texts dealing with these issues. This chapter looks, once again, at Title 14.2 of Justinian's Digest. The discussion focuses on the diversity of the contents of the title; on its place within the Digest as a whole; and on its overall organisation, in order to look at some larger issues of Roman commercial law, and its relation to known economic and social realities of the ancient world.

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