El jurista romano y su labor de concreción de la justicia

Abstract

Una de las más importantes actividades de los juristas romanos clásicos fue la de dar concreción al bonum et aequum en cada caso particular. Tal es el sentido en el que cabe interpretar las palabras de Pomponio, cuando dice quod constare non potest ius, nisi si aliquis peritus, per quem possit cottidie in melius produci (D. 1.2.2.13 [Pomp. enchir. sing.]). Los juristas romanos, razonando con base en principios tales como la equidad y la fides, buscaban resolver problemas concretos. De esa forma, iba perfeccionando el derecho día a día. Muchas de esas soluciones, con el tiempo, llegaron a convertirse en reglas de derecho, cuya forma de creación conviene que sea analizada.

One of the most important activities of Roman classical jurists was giving concretion to the bonum et aequum in any particular case. This is the sense in which could be interpreted the words of Pomponio, when he says quod non potest ius, nisi constare if aliquis peritus, per quem in melius producing cottidie possit (D. 1.2.2.13 [Pomp. enchir. sing.]). Roman jurists, reasoning based on principles such as equity and fides, sought to resolve specific problems. That way, he was refining law every day. Many of these solutions, with time, became rules of law, whose form of creation should be analyzed.