Since the mid-1960s, a new academic movement has advocated a context-based, law and society approach to the study of Roman law instead of the prevailing dogmatic methodology. Scholars who work on the subject are increasingly being asked to see Roman law as a body of law which operated in a specific social, economic and cultural context. This interdisciplinary collection focuses on three larger themes which have emerged from these studies: Roman legal thought, the interaction between legal theory and legal practice and the relationship between law and economics.
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An interdisciplinary, edited collection on social science methodologies for approaching Roman legal sources.
List of Contributors; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction, Paul J. du Plessis; Part I: Perspectives on Roman Legal Thought; 2. Why Read the Jurists? Aulus Gellius on Reading Across Disciplines, Joseph A. Howley; 3. Artes Urbanae: Roman Law and Rhetoric, Olga E. Tellegen-Couperus and Jan. W. Tellegen; 4. The Senatus Consultum Silanianum: Court Decisions and Judicial Severity in the Early Roman Empire, Jill Harries; Part II: Interactions between Legal Theory and Legal Practice; 5. Law’s Empire: Roman Universalism and Legal Practice, Caroline Humfress; 6. The Concept of Conubium in the Roman Republic, Saskia T. Roselaar; 7. Financial Transactions by Women in Puteoli, Eva Jakab; 8. Tapia’s Banquet Hall and Eulogios’ Cell: the Transfer of Ownership as Security in Some Late Byzantine Papyri, Jakub Urbanik; Section C: Economic Realities and Law; 9. Law, Agency and Growth in the Roman Economy, Dennis P. Kehoe; 10. Dumtaxat de peculio: What’s in a Peculium or Establishing the Extent of the Principal’s Liability, Jean-Jacques Aubert; 11. Pipes and Property in the Sale of Real Estate (D.19.1.38.2), Cynthia J. Bannon; Part IV. Concluding thoughts; 12. The View is Determined by the Standpoint, Philip Thomas; Index.
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ISBN
9780748668205
Publisert
2014-03-17
Utgiver
Edinburgh University Press
Vekt
388 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
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Product language
Engelsk
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Heftet
Antall sider
256
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