1º Is the general treatment stated to be good or bad? Where the former and where the latter?
2º Slaves are often stated to be looked upon and treated as members of the master’s family. What does this mean? Where does it occur?
3º Difference between freemen and slaves in food, clothing, etc. Slaves forbidden to wear the same dress and ornaments as freemen[19]. [[432]]
IV. Legal status of slaves[20].
1º Is the master’s power over his slave unlimited? Very often it is not. Connection with the development of the power of government.
2º Rights of the slaves with regard to marriage and family. Connubium with freemen: see above. Are slave-marriages legally acknowledged, or do they entirely depend on the master’s pleasure? Do the masters apply any principles of selection in mating the slaves? When the parents are slaves belonging to different masters, to which master do the children belong? Has the master full rights over his female slaves in a sexual respect?
3º Right of property. Are the rights of slaves to their earnings (peculium) recognized? When the slave dies, who succeeds to the peculium?
4º Have contracts made by slaves legal force?
5º Punishment of slaves by their masters[21].
6º Protection of slaves by penal law. When a slave has been killed, is a wergild paid as for a freeman, or is only the price of the slave restored to the master? Similarly with regard to lesser injuries. Are those who commit any offence against the slave punished by the government? If so, is any exception made for the master? Is the master responsible for any damages caused by his slave?