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Author:   Paul J. du Plessis ,  Clifford Ando ,  Kaius Tuori
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 18.10cm , Height: 4.30cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.342kg
ISBN:  

9780198728689

ISBN 10:   0198728689
Pages:   748
Publication Date:   25 August 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction 1: Paul J. du Plessis, Clifford Ando and Kaius Tuori: A Word from the Editors 2: Janne Poeloenen: Framing Law and Society in the Roman World Part II: Reading Roman Law 3: Dario Mantovani: More than Codes: Roman Ways of Organising and Giving Access to Legal Information 4: Tommaso Begio: Epigraphy 5: Jose Luis Alonso Rodriguez: Juristic Papyrology and Roman Law 6: Michele Lowrie: Roman Law and Latin Literature Part III: The Constitutional Structure of the Roman State 7: Francisco Pina Polo: SPQR: Institutions and Popular Participation in the Roman Republic 8: Werner Eck: The Emperor, the Law and Imperial Administration 9: John Richardson: Provincial Administration 10: Saskia T. Roselaar: Local Administration 11: Jonathan S. Perry: Collegia and Their Impact on the Constitutional Structure of the Roman State Part IV: Legal Professionals and Legal Culture 12: Jill Harries: Legal Education and Training of Lawyers 13: Michael Peachin: Lawyers in Administration 14: Ulrike Babusiaux: Legal Writing and Legal Reasoning 15: Jacob Giltaij: Greek Philosophy and Classical Roman Law 16: Agnieszka Kacprzak: Rhetoric and Roman Law Part V: Settling Disputes Civil Actions and Civil Procedure 17: Frederik Vervaet: Magistrates that Made and Applied the Law 18: Leanne Bablitz: Roman Courts and Private Arbitration 19: Ernest Metzger: Republican Civil Procedure: Sanctioning Reluctant Defendants 20: Thomas Rufner: Imperial Cognitio Process 21: Elizabeth A. Meyer: Evidence and Argument: The Truth of Prestige and its Performance 22: Clifford Ando: Legal Pluralism in Practice Criminal Law and Social Order 23: Christopher Fuhrmann: Police Functions and Public Order 24: Andrew Riggsby: Public and Private Criminal Law 25: Ari Z. Bryen: Crimes against the Individual: Violence and Sexual Crimes 26: Callie Williamson: Crimes Against the State Part VI Persons Before the Law Status 27: Tristan S. Taylor: Social Status, Legal Status, and Legal Privilege 28: Robert Knapp: Legally Marginalised Groups-The Empire 29: Benjamin Kelly: Repression, Resistance and Rebellion 30: Richard Gamauf: Slavery: Social Position and Legal Capacity 31: Henrik Mouritsen: Emancipation Gender 32: Matthew J. Perry: Defining Gender 33: Eva Cantarella: Woman and Patriarchy in Roman Law 34: Verena Halbwachs: Women as Legal Actors Part VII Legal Relations Persons and Family 35: Suzanne Dixon: Family 36: Jakub Urbanik: Husband and Wife 37: Ville Vuolanto: Child and Parent in Roman Law 38: Eva Jakab: Inheritance Property 39: Richard A. Epstein: The Economic Structure of Roman Property Law 40: Luigi Capogrossi Colognesi: Ownership and Power in Roman Law 41: Christian Baldus: Possession 42: Andrea Joerdens: Possession and Provincial Practice Obligations 43: David Ibbetson: Obligatio in Roman Law and Society 44: Roberto Fiori: Contracts, Commerce and Roman Society 45: Floriana Cursi: The Scope and Function of Civil Wrongs in Roman Society Economics 46: Egbert Koops: Price Setting and Other Attempts to Control the Economy 47: Jean-Jacques Aubert: Law, Business Ventures and Trade 48: Paul J. du Plessis: Urban Landlords and Tenants 49: Dennis P. Kehoe: Tenure of Land and Agricultural Regulation 50: Luuk de Ligt: Roman Law, Markets and Market Prices

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Legions, you might say, of fascinating insights are contained in this book * Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor of Richmond Green Chambers * a treasure trove for anyone with a serious interest in Roman history or Roman law. * Rupert Jackson, Classics for All *

a treasure trove for anyone with a serious interest in Roman history or Roman law. Rupert Jackson, Classics for All

Author Information

Paul du Plessis is a legal historian whose research interests include Roman law, medieval interpretations of Roman law, Roman-Dutch law, the historical development of the civilian tradition in mixed jurisdictions, the relationship between law and history as well as between law and society in a historical context. He is a member of various organizations dedicated to the study of legal history, sometime webmaster of the Centre for Legal History at Edinburgh University and convener of the Edinburgh Roman Law Group. He is co-author of the Edinburgh Legal History Blog. He is the general editor (with Thomas McGinn) of the monograph series Oxford Studies in Roman Society and Law. Clifford Ando is an historian of government, law, and religion specializing in the ancient Mediterranean between the late Hellenistic and late Roman periods. He has particular interests in contemporary social and political theory, public law, practices of legal interpretation, and metaphor and cognition. Dr. Kaius Tuori is currently an Academy of Finland Research Fellow. His research interests include legal history, Roman law, legal anthropology, classical archaeology, and their intellectual history. In addition to four books, his work has been published in Law, Culture and the Humanities, The Journal of Legal History, the Journal of Legal Pluralism, Revue internationale des droits de l'Antiquite and the Legal History Review. He holds a doctorate in Law and a M.A. in History from his studies at the universities of Helsinki, Finland, and La Sapienza in Rome, Italy.

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