Abstract
Adoption and arrogation are two institutes of Roman law which are very important for the whole Roman society, but particularly for its basic unit – the family – and its existence. The objective of my article is to provide the reader interesting information about the concepts of adoption and arrogation, distinctive characteristics of them, their connection with the modern legal order, as well as general knowledge necessary for understanding the whole topic.
First chapter contains the list of the most important sources from which we can learn about the adoption and arrogation. The second chapter deals with the common features of both institutes and focuses on the consequences of the adoption/arrogation on the personal status, property relations, right of succession, worship of family gods and spirits, etc.
Next two chapters contain the description of the conditions that had to be fulfilled to carry out adoption (third chapter) / arrogation (fourth chapter), the form in which they were realised and how these were changed from time to time, and their non-common results to various spheres of life.