The legal regulation of mineral extraction in Roman law

This article focuses on the results of research conducted on the primary sources of Roman law, with the aim to examine and evaluate the legal framework of the regulation of mineral extraction. It discusses the regulation of mineral extraction in Latvian Civil Law and its original source in Roman law, Roman legal practices regarding extraction of minerals on land owned by others, gold mining, recruitment of mine labour and fiscal administration of mines. The authors have conducted research and analysis on the information contained in the so-called Justinian codifications, also known as ‘Corpus Iuris Civilis’, specifically the ‘Codex Iustinianus’ (Code of Justinian, 534 AD) and ‘Digesta seu Pandectae’ (Digest or Pandects, 533 AD), as well as in the ‘Gaius Institutiones’ (Institutes of Gaius, c. 161 AD). The research uses inductive, deductive and comparative methods.