Roman Civil Law

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Roman legal development

Before the Twelve Tables (754?449 BC), private law comprised the Roman civil law (ius civile Quiritium) that applied only to Roman citizens, and was bonded to religion; undeveloped, with attributes of strict formalism, symbolism, and conservatism, e.g. the ritual practice of mancipatio (a form of sale). The jurist Sextus Pomponius said, "At the beginning of our city, the people began their first activities without any fixed law, and without any fixed rights: all things were ruled despotically, by kings". It is believed that Roman Law is rooted in the Etruscan religion, emphasising ritual.

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1) Is the Twelve Tables private law being it only applied to Roman citizens? In comparison, what does this imply about the U.S. Constitution?

2) Being that Roman law is based on religion and ritual, is law spell-casting and spell-binding?

To me, there seems to be some junction between law and esotericism.

This makes sense to me more so than prior that law is auricular (spell-casting). The binding takes place in the mind of the target or targets.