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New Frontiers : Law and Society in the Roman World /

An interdisciplinary edited collection on social science methodologies for approaching Roman legal sourcesRoman law as a field of study is rapidly evolving to reflect new perspectives and approaches in research. Scholars who work on the subject are increasingly being asked to conduct research in an...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: du Plessis, Paul J. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Aubert, Jean-Jacques (Contribuidor), Bannon, Cynthia J. (Contribuidor), Harries, Jill (Contribuidor), Howley, Joseph A. (Contribuidor), Humfress, Caroline (Contribuidor), Jakab, Éva (Contribuidor), Kehoe, Dennis P. (Contribuidor), Plessis, Paul J. Du (Contribuidor), Roselaar, Saskia T. (Contribuidor), Tellegen, Jan Willem (Contribuidor), Tellegen-Couperus, Olga (Contribuidor), Thomas, Philip (Contribuidor), Urbanik, Jakub (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgement
  • Contents
  • List of Contributors
  • List of Abbreviations
  • 1. Introduction
  • Part I Perspectives on Roman Legal Thought
  • 2. Why Read the Jurists? Aulus Gellius on Reading Across Disciplines
  • 3. Artes Urbanae: Roman Law and Rhetoric
  • 4. The Senatus Consultum Silanianum: Court Decisions and Judicial Severity in the Early Roman Empire
  • Part II Interactions between Legal Theory and Legal Practice
  • 5. Law's Empire: Roman Universalism and Legal Practice
  • 6. The Concept of Conubium in the Roman Republic
  • 7. Financial Transactions by Women in Puteoli
  • 8. Tapia's Banquet Hall and Eulogios' Cell: Transfer of Ownership as a Security in Some Late Byzantine Papyri
  • Part III Economic Realities and Law
  • 9. Law, Agency and Growth in the Roman Economy
  • 10. Dumtaxat de peculio: What's in a Peculium, or Establishing the Extent of the Principal's Liability
  • 11. Pipes and Property in the Sale of Real Estate (D.19.1.38.2)
  • Part IV Concluding Thoughts
  • 12. The Standpoint Determines the View: Jacques Barzun's Theory of Aspect
  • Index