Przysporzenia majątkowe na rzecz konkubiny w Digestach Justyniana

Abstract

This article is a contribution to show the evolution of the legal regulation of donations in favor of concubine in the legislation of Justinian. Contains an overview of all the fragments of Justinian’s Digest regarding donations in favor of concubine made by legal acts inter vivos and mortis causa. Fromthe analysis carried out on the particular fragments of Digest results that apart from indicating the possibility of their making they do not include any mention of restrictions on their property values, and none of the fragments contained in Digest refers neither to testamentary inheritance, nor intestate inheritance by a concubine after the deceased partner. Approved in Digest legal solutions show that Justinian did not intend to carry on a restrictive policy towards concubinage, that characterized especially the legislation of Constantine the Great, but treated it positively and fully rationally.