Buckland's magisterial work of 1908 surveys in detail the principles of the Roman law regarding slavery.

Preface; Part I. Condition of the Slave: 1. Definition and general characteristics; 2. The slave as res; 3. The slave as res (cont.); 4. The slave as man; 5. The slave as man (cont.); 6. The slave as man (cont.); 7. The slave as man (cont.); 8. The slave as man (cont.); 9. The slave as man (cont.); 10. Special cases; 11. Special cases (cont.); 12. Special cases (cont.); 13. Special cases (cont.); 14. Special cases (cont.); 15. Special cases (cont.); 16. Special cases (cont.); Part II. Enslavement and Release from Slavery: 17. Enslavement; 18. Enslavement (cont.); 19. Outline of law of manumission during the republic; 20. Manumission during the empire; 21. Manumission during the empire (cont.); 22. Manumission during the empire (cont.); 23. Manumission during the empire (cont.); 24. Manumission under Justinian; 25. Manumission; 26. Freedom independent of manumission; 27. Freedom without manumission; 28. Questions of status; 29. Effect after manumission of events during slavery; Appendices; Index.