Tra appartenenza e uso nell’esperienza giuridica romana: le ‘res in usu publico’

Roman law had a variety of nuances in the forms of ownership and use of things and had appropriate instruments to protect the various types of goods. Res in publico usu are an exception to the traditional approach followed in the categorisation and based on ownership. During the Principate, on res in usu publico could be identified only a use, attributed to the entire citizenry; therefore the protection was made by interdicta, left to the initiative of the private citizen who had an interest in the enjoyment of the good.