Agrarian law

Agrarian laws (from the Latin ager, meaning "land") were laws among the Romans regulating the division of the public lands, or ager publicus. In its broader definition, it can also refer to the agricultural laws relating to peasants and husbandmen, or to the general farming class of people of any society.

This article is about land law in Ancient Rome. For modern laws concerning agriculture, see Agricultural law.

Various attempts to reform agrarian laws were part of the socio-political struggle between the patricians and plebeians known as the Conflict of the Orders.

In other countries, like for instance Germany and The Netherlands, agrarian law is the name used to describe the terrain of law relating to farming and agriculture.

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