Title:
The Oxford handbook of Roman law and society / edited by Paul J. du Plessis, Clifford Ando, and Kaius Tuori.
Author:
Plessis, Paul J. du, editor.
Ando, Clifford, 1969- editor.
Tuori, Kaius, editor.
Publication Information:
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Call Number:
KJA147 .O98 2016
Abstract:
"The Oxford Handbook of Roman Law and Society surveys the landscape of contemporary research and charts principal directions of future inquiry. More than a history of doctrine or an account of jurisprudence, the Handbook brings to bear upon Roman legal study the full range of intellectual resources of contemporary legal history, from comparison to popular constitutionalism, from international private law to law and society, thereby setting itself apart from other volumes as a unique contribution to scholarship on its subject. The Handbook brings the study of Roman law into closer alignment and dialogue with historical, sociological, and anthropological research into law in other periods. It will therefore be of value not only to ancient historians and legal historians already focused on the ancient world, but to historians of all periods interested in law and its complex and multifaceted relationship to society"--Jacket.
ISBN:
9780198728689
Series:
Oxford handbooks
Oxford handbooks.
Physical Description:
xvi, 728 pages ; 25 cm.
Subject Term:
Contents:
Framing "Law and Society" in the Roman World / More than Codes : Roman Ways of Organising and Giving Access to Legal Information / Epigraphy / Juristic Papyrology and Roman Law / Roman Law and Latin Literature / SPQR : Institutions and Popular Participation in the Roman Republic / Emperor, the Law and Imperial Administration / Provincial Administration / Local Administration / Collegia and Their Impact on the Constitutional Structure of the Roman State / Legal Education and Training of Lawyers / Lawyers in Administration / Legal Writing and Legal Reasoning / Greek Philosophy and Classical Roman Law / Rhetoric and Roman Law / Magistrates that Made and Applied the Law / Roman Courts and Private Arbitration / Republican Civil Procedure : Sanctioning Reluctant Defendants / Imperial Cognitio Process / Evidence and Argument : The Truth of Prestige and its Performance / Legal Pluralism in Practice / Police Functions and Public Order / Public and Private Criminal Law / Crimes against the Individual : Violence and Sexual Crimes / Crimes Against the State / Social Status, Legal Status, and Legal Privilege / Legally Marginalised Groups : The Empire / Repression, Resistance and Rebellion / Slavery : Social Position and Legal Capacity / Emancipation / Defining Gender / Woman and Patriarchy in Roman Law / Women as Legal Actors / Family / Husband and Wife / Child and Parent in Roman Law / Inheritance / Economic Structure of Roman Property Law / Ownership and Power in Roman Law / Possession / Possession and Provincial Practice / Obligatio in Roman Law and Society / Contracts, Commerce and Roman Society / Scope and Function of Civil Wrongs in Roman Society / Price Setting and Other Attempts to Control the Economy / Law, Business Ventures, and Trade / Urban Landlords and Tenants / Tenure of Land and Agricultural Regulation / Roman Law, Markets, and Market Prices
