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The starting point for my work is a sonnet by William Shakespeare. It is not a legal text, even if its form, lexicon and theme seem to resemble one. What we can retain from the poem is not only the use of legal terms such as pledge, mortgage or surety, but also the fact that the obligatory relationship and the various modes of guarantee are converted into a narrative argument. The aim of my research is to highlight the fact that it was in Rome that the legal term pignus acquired the character of a topos. Since then, it has become part of our linguistic and epistemological heritage. What is the ultimate conclusion ? When we talk about relationships of subjection and dependence, we do so in terms of `pledge´; which means that we continue to think in ‘Roman’; terms. More concretely, it means that we think in accordance with the categories, institutions and figures of Roman law.
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