Systems of law: Roman law Books
Oxford University Press The Republic and The Laws
Book SynopsisCicero's The Republic is an impassioned plea for responsible government, based on Greek political theory, and written just before the civil war that ended the Roman Republic. Its sequel, The Laws, expounds the influential doctrine of Natural Law, setting out an ideal code for a reformed Roman Republic that is half in the realm of Utopia. This is the first complete English translation of both works since 1928.Trade ReviewIn his translation G. achieves a consistent vitality both in narrative... and in argument. * Michael Coffey, The Classical Review Vol.XLIX No.2 *
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Cambridge University Press The High Tide of Empire
Book SynopsisOne of a well-established series of sourcebooks catering to the needs of ancient history students at schools and universities. Each volume focuses on a particular period or topic and provides a generous and judicious selection of primary texts in new English translations, with annotation and supporting materials.Table of Contents1. Developments in imperialism; 2. Imperialism on three continents; 3. How the provinces were governed; 4. The personality of the emperor: Cult and activity; 5. The impact of her provinces on Rome.
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Oxford University Press An Introduction to Roman Law
Book SynopsisThis book sketches the history of Roman Private Law from the Twelve Tables to modern times, and sets out the elements of the system. It does not attempt to summarize the whole law, but explains and evaluates its most characteristic and influential features.This edition contains additional material provided by Ernest Metzger, including an introductory foreward, a revised bibliography, and a glossary of Latin terms.Table of ContentsFOREWORD; PREFACE; HISTORY AND SOURCES OF THE LAW; LAW OF PERSONS; LAW OF PROPERTY; LAW OF OBLIGATIONS; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; GLOSSARY; INDEX
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Edinburgh University Press Roman Law for Scots Law Students
Book SynopsisFrom property law to delict and unjustified enrichment, this textbook focuses on the areas of Roman law that most influenced Scots law. Students will enter practice with a greater depth of understanding of the roots of modern Scots law, helping them to feel confident in using Roman materials when tackling today's legal problems.
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University of Toronto Press Justice in Lyon
Book SynopsisThe trial of former SS lieutenant and Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie was France’s first trial for crimes against humanity. Known as the Butcher of Lyon during the Nazi occupation of that city from 1942 to 1944, Barbie tortured, deported, and murdered thousands of Jews and Resistance fighters. Following a lengthy investigation and the overcoming of numerous legal and other obstacles, the trial began in 1987 and attracted global attention. Justice in Lyon is the first comprehensive history of the Barbie trial, including the investigation leading up to it, the legal background to the case, and the hurdles the prosecution had to clear in order to bring Barbie to justice. Richard J. Golsan examines the strategies used by the defence, the prosecution, and the lawyers who represented Barbie’s many victims at the trial. The book draws from press coverage, articles, and books about Barbie and the trial published at the time, as well as recently released archival sourcTrade Review“[Justice in Lyon] is a judicious, clearly written, and well-researched study which will now become the standard work on the subject.” -- Julian Jackson, Queen Mary University of London * H-France Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Klaus Barbie: Nazi “Idealist” 2. The Historical Judicial Backdrop: From Nuremberg to the 1980 Cologne Trial of Kurt Lischka, Herbert Hagen, and Ernst Heinrichson 3. The Investigation: War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, and the Long Road to Compromise 4. The Barbie Trial Begins: Opening Rituals and the Departure of the Accused 5. The Witnesses 6. The Civil Parties and Prosecution Make Their Case 7. Barbie’s Defence Takes Centre Stage Conclusion
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Critical Studies in Ancient Law, Comparative Law and Legal History: Essays in Honour of Alan Watson
Book SynopsisThis important collection of essays is at the cutting edge of contemporary research on Roman law, comparative law, and legal history. The international and distinguished group of authors address some of the most lively contemporary problems in their respective fields, and provide new perspectives and insights in a wide range of areas. With a firm focus on texts and contexts, the papers come together to provide a coherent volume dedicated to one of the greatest contemporary Romanists, legal historians and comparative lawyers. The book covers Professor Watson's main fields of interest in a clear and accessible form, while also making available the scholarship of some individuals who do not normally publish in English. This fully-indexed volume will be of interest to all scholars and students of Roman law, ancient Jewish and Chinese law, legal history and comparative law, and will be useful for teaching and research in these fields.Trade ReviewLes lecteurs jurists seront sans doute captivs par cette tude de la problmatique des institutions anciennes dans le contexte de leur influence et de leurs rapports avec le droit actuel. A. M. Revue Internationale de droit Compare March 2001 The challenge for the cataloger is providing access to the many fine essays in an eclectic work. Gretchen Feltes International Journal of Legal Information June 2002Table of ContentsRoman law: was acceptilatio an informal act in classical Roman law?, Hans Ankum; solutio and traditio, J. L. Barton; actor and defendant in negatoria servitutis, L. Capogross Colognesi; some reflections on history and dogma as jurists' tools, Guiliano Crifo; D.33.1.20.1 (scaevola 18 dig.) revisited, Robert Feenstra; death, taxes and status in Pliny's "Panegyricus", Jane F. Gardner; translation and interpretation, William M. Gordon; the case of the deliberate wine spill, Herbert Hausmaninger; de jurisprudentia, Neil MacCormick; pigs, boars and livestock under the lex aquilia, Grant McLeod; "galba negabat", A.D. Manfredini; partes iuris, Theo Mayer-Maly; unus testis nullus testis, Antonino Metro; unpardonable crimes - fourth century attitudes, O.F. Robinson; the praetor hoist with his own petard - the palingenesia of Digest 2.1.10, Alan Rodger; maiestas in the late republic - some observations, Robin Seager. Other ancient laws: oral establishment of dowry in Jewish and Roman law - d'varim haniknim ba'amira and dotis dictio, Ranon Katzoff; cause, status and fault in the traditional Chinese law of homicide, Geoffrey MacCormack; the septuagint as nomos - how the Torah became a "civic law" for the Jews of Egypt, Joseph Meleze Modrzejewski; basics of Roman and Jewish intestacy, Reuven Yaron. Transplants, receptions and comparisons: the education and qualification of civil lawyers in historical perspective - from jurists and orators to advocates, procurators and notaries, Hans W. Baade; the moveable text of MacKenzie - bibliographical problems for the Scottish concept of institutional writing, John W. Cairns; restitution, repetition, recompense and unjustified enrichment in Scots law, Robin Evans-Jones; John Adams and the whale, Andrew Lewis; Leibniz's "Elementa Iuris Civilis" and the private law of his time, Klaus Luig; classifying crimes, R.A.A. McCall Smith; the shifting focus of adoption, Joseph W. McKnight; girth - society and the law of sanctuary in Scotland, Hector L. MacQueen; descendit ad inferos - and Belial sued Jesus Christ for trespass, Eltjo Schrage; saving souls through adoption - legal adaptation in the Dutch East Indies, A. J.B. Sirks; legal chance and Scots private law, Joe Thomson; quod raro fit, non observant legislatores - a classical maxim of legislation, Andreas Wacke; Kasper Manz, a German jurist in the seventeenth century - a man of theory and practice, Gunter Wesener; a note on regulae luris in Roman law and on Dworkin's distinction between rules and principles, Laurens Winkel.
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University of California Press Summoned to the Roman Courts Famous Trials from Antiquity
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University of Pennsylvania Press The Digest of Justinian Volume 1
Book SynopsisThe most famous and influential collection of legal materials in world history, now available in a four-volume English-language paperback edition.Trade Review"Definitive." * The Retainer *"A landmark." * Religious Studies Review *"Superb." * Texas Bar Journal *
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LUP - University of Georgia Press Roman Law and Comparative Law
Book SynopsisA comparative and historical examination of the way legal rules and structures relate to society. The book includes a revised and enlarged version of the author's ""The Law of the Ancient Romans"" with a discussion of the role of comparative law in uncovering the causes of legal development.
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Oxford University Press The Constitution of the Roman Republic
Book SynopsisThere is no other published book in English studying the constitution of the Roman Republic as a whole. Yet the Greek historian Polybius believed that the constitution was a fundamental cause of the exponential growth of Rome''s empire. He regarded the Republic as unusual in two respects: first, because it functioned so well despite being a mix of monarchy, oligarchy and democracy; secondly, because the constitution was the product of natural evolution rather than the ideals of a lawgiver. Even if historians now seek more widely for the causes of Rome''s rise to power, the importance and influence of her political institutions remains. The reasons for Rome''s power are both complex, on account of the mix of elements, and flexible, inasmuch as they were not founded on written statutes but on unwritten traditions reinterpreted by successive generations. Knowledge of Rome''s political institutions is essential both for ancient historians and for those who study the contribution of Rome toTrade ReviewThis study remains as important to students of ancient history as to classicists. * Contemporary Review *Table of ContentsI. Introduction ; II. A Roman Political Year ; III. Polybius and the Constitution ; IV. The Story of the Origin of the Constitution ; V. The Assemblies ; VI. The Senate ; VII. The Higher Magistrates and the Pro-Magistrates ; VIII. Tribunes, Aediles, and Minor Magistrates ; IX. Criminal Justice ; X. The Influence of Society and Religion ; XI. The Balance of the Constitution ; XII. The Mixed Constitution and Republican Ideology ; XIII. The Republic Remembered
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Justinians Institutes
Book SynopsisThe high point of the reign of the Emperor Justinian in the sixth century AD was the compilation of Roman law in four works, the "Institutes", "Digest", "Code" and "Novels" known as the Corpus iuris civilis. This volume consists of a useful Introduction, Paul Krueger's Latin text, and a modern English translation by Birks and McLeod.
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Companion to Justinians Institutes
Book SynopsisProfessor Ernest Metzger is the Douglas Chair in Civil Law at the University of Glasgow
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Cause and Consideration
Book SynopsisThis book provides a comprehensive study of two parallel notions of civil and common law: cause and consideration. It does this in three ways; with historical, comparative, and functional perspectives. Aspects of cause and consideration are hotly contested by contract lawyers and this book will bring clarity by looking at the English and Continental positions. Key areas of focus include: enforceability, questions of legality and morality, contractual justice, and the correction of unjustified property displacements. Bringing together a team of experts, the book discusses (in some cases for the first time in English), complex questions of both academic and practical importance.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Studying Roman Law
Book SynopsisStudying Roman Law is an introductory guide aimed at sixth-formers, students and those with a general interest wishing to obtain a basic overview of Roman private law during the first three centuries of the Common Era. It is not meant to be a replacement for more comprehensive and technical manuals on Roman law, but should rather be seen as introductory reading. Written in non-specialist language, it contains a basic overview of the sources of Roman private law and a guide to their use together with a survey of the main areas of the law using primary sources in translation. It also explains the different contexts in which these rules arose and operated as well as the mechanisms by which they were enforced against the backdrop of one of the most sophisticated and influential legal systems of the ancient world.Table of ContentsSources and Methodology Persons Actions Things Conclusions Suggestions for further reading and study Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC CHARACTER & INFLUENCE OF THE ROMAN LAW
Book SynopsisGoethe is said to have likened the Roman civil law to a duck: sometimes it is visible, swimming prominently on the surface of the water, at other times it is hidden, diving amid the depths. but it is always there. This may be said to be true not only in continental Europe and Scotland, where Roman law has been a dominant influence, but also in England and the U.S.A., where Roman law has often informed and supplemented Common law. None of the great writers on Common law, with the exception perhaps of Coke, failed to take Roman law in to consideration, especially on the matters of legal theory. Indeed the differences between the two systems can easily be exaggerated. Ne one is better qualified to write on these matters than Peter Stein; this collection of his articles covers both the nature and the tradition of Roman law and ranges from classical to modern times. The Character and Influence of the Roman Civil Law includes discussions of the ethos and principles of Roman law and of their transmission and transformation in medieval and modern times. Attention is drawn to the working of Roman law in San Marinom which retains the uncodified ius commune.Civil lawyers in England whose work is examined include Vacarius, Thomas Smith and Thomas Legge. Roman law in Scotland is looked at in depth, with special consideration for the natural law tradtition there. A piece on the origin of the four stage theory of social development, which grew out of that tradition and was adopted by Adam Smith, appears for the first time. Finally Professor Stein shows the attraction of Roman law to lawyers in the U.S.A. when they were trying to establish their own legal system following Independence.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Theodosian Code: Studies in the Imperial Law of Late Antiquity
Book SynopsisThe Theodosian Code, put together under the Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius II, is a compliation of the laws dating from 312 to 438 AD, when the code was published. It brought order to a vast unmanageable body of law and formed part of the basis for the sixth-century Institutes of Justinian, fundamental to later jurisprudence. This book is an important collection of articles, well established as an essential resource for students of Roman law, long unavailable and here published in paperback for the first time with a new preface and updated bibliography. Contributors: Simon Corcoran; Brian Croke; Judith Evans Grubbs; Jill Harries; Tony Honore; David Hunt; John Matthews; Boudewijn Sirks; Mark Vessey; Dafydd Walters; Ian Wood.Trade Review... uses various methodological approaches (history, law, stylistic analysis, textual criticism) by specialists from different backgrounds (classics, English, history and law) ... [the] best recent collection of articles in English on the Theodosian code ... a fundamental addition to any college library as well as of interest to anyone concerned with Roman law or late antique history. -- R.M. Frakes, Classical WorldTable of ContentsList of Contributors Preface to the Second Edition Introduction: The Background to the Code, Jill Harries Part I. Compilation Introductory Note, Jill Harries 1. The Making of the Text, John Matthews 2. The Sources of the Code, Boudewijn Sirks 3. Some Quaestors of the Reign of Theodosius II, Tony Honoré Part II. Constantine, Christianity and the Code Introductory Note, Jill Harries 4. Hidden from History: the legislation of Licinius, Simon Corcoran 5. Constantine and Imperial Legislation on the Family, Judith Evans Grubbs 6. Christianising the Roman Empire: the evidence of the Code, David Hunt Part III. Nachleben: the Code in the Middle Ages Introductory Note, Ian Wood 7. The Code in Merovingian Gaul, Ian Wood 8. The Origins of the Collectio Sirmondiana: a new look at the evidence, Mark Vessey 9. From Benedict to Gratian: the Code in medieval ecclesiastical authors, Dafydd Walters Epilogue 10. Mommsen’s Encounter with the Code, Brian Croke Bibliography Index
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Brill The Relationship between Roman and Local Law in the Babatha and Salome Komaise Archives: General Analysis and Three Case Studies on Law of Succession, Guardianship and Marriage
Book SynopsisThe discovery of the Babatha archive provided scholars with unique opportunities for reconstructing the life of Jews in second-century Arabia. Although legal issues and especially the question of the relationship between Roman and local law have received attention in a number of publications, this study presents the first complete overview of the legal situation as presented in the Babatha as well as the Salome Komaise archive, using references to law in the documents' texts as the key element for understanding what law is applicable to these documents. By distinguishing between two levels in the papyri, of substantive and of formal law, a new understanding is reached of the part both Roman and local law played in legal reality.
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Brill The Corpus Iuris Civilis in the Middle Ages: Manuscripts and Transmission from the Sixth Century to the Juristic Revival
Book SynopsisUsing documents, glosses, legal commentaries, and the first paleographical study of manuscripts since the mid-nineteenth century, the authors of this book trace the circulation of the Corpus Iuris Civilis from late antiquity until the early twelfth century. They demonstrate that only the Novels found any significant readership in the early Middle Ages, and that Justinian’s Institutes, Code, and Digest emerged from obscurity only in the mid-eleventh century, when they were taken up by northern-Italian specialists in Lombard law. Separate chapters then consider the evidence for the textual history and reception of the Institutes, Code, and Digest. Included in the volume are plates of all of the most important early manuscripts of Justinian’s works, most of which have never been published before.Table of ContentsAbbreviations List of Illustrations Preface 1. Paleography and History 2. The Corpus Iuris Civilis in the Early Middle Ages 3. The Period of Rediscovery 4. Justinian’s Institutes 5. Justinian’s Code 6. Justinian’s Digest Conclusion Appendix Bibliography Plates General Index Index of Manuscripts Cited
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Brill Sermo Iuris: Rechtssprache und Recht in der augusteischen Dichtung
Book SynopsisThis book is concerned with legal language in non-legal Latin literature. Examining the use of legal discourse as a poetical means, it provides fresh vistas on Augustan poetry and explores the potential for the poetic transformation of a technical language. Dieses Buch untersucht den Gebrauch der römischen Rechtssprache in nichtfachsprachlichen Texten. Indem sie die Rechtssprache als poetisches Ausdrucksmittel betrachtet, eröffnet die vorliegende Arbeit einen neuen Zugang zur augusteischen Dichtung und lotet grundsätzliche Möglichkeiten der poetischen Transformation einer Fachsprache aus.
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Brill Financial Penalties in the Roman Republic: A Study of Confiscations of Individual Property, Public Sales, and Fines (509–58 BC)
Book SynopsisPrivate property in Rome effectively measures the suitability of each individual to serve in the army and to compete in the political arena. What happens then, when a Roman citizen is deprived of his property? Financial penalties played a crucial role in either discouraging or effectively punishing wrongdoers. This book offers the first coherent discussion of confiscations and fines in the Roman Republic by exploring the political, social, and economic impact of these punishments on private wealth.Trade Review"Piacentin does an excellent job of gathering what information we have about financial penalties in the Republic, and she examines them thoroughly within their historical contexts. Her arguments are compelling, and they demonstrate that the use of financial penalties was more nuanced and complex than is generally assumed; there were different types of financial penalties that served different political purposes at different times.(...) Piacentin’s book is certain to become a standard reference on financial penalties because of her careful attention to detail, her gathering and analysis of evidence, and the breadth of the period it studies. Many chapters are accompanied by chronological tables that pull together events and references that will prove invaluable to future scholars working on the subject." Fred K. Drogula in BMCR 2022.10.24Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Abbreviations Introduction 1 Aims and Significance of This Work 2 Sources, Methodology, and Outline of the Chapters Part 1 Early Confiscations and Fines in the Roman Republic 1 Confiscation or Consecration of Property? 1 P. Valerius Publicola 2 Sp. Cassius and the leges sacratae 3 The Decemvirate 4 Sp. Maelius 5 M. Manlius Capitolinus 6 Vitruvius Vaccus 7 Aspiring Tyrants and Tyrannicides 8 Demolished Houses 9 Conclusion 2 Fines and Roman Public Finances 1 Aedilician Fines in the Literary Sources 2 The Monumentality of Aedilician Fines 3 Literary and Epigraphic Parallels 4 The Politics of Curule and Plebeian Dedications 5 Conclusion 3 Public Fines in Italy Outside Rome 1 Distribution and Chronology 2 The Variety of Objects and Contexts 3 Sacred Context, Transhumance, and the Cult of Hercules 4 Conclusion Part 2 Quantifying Confiscations and Fines in Roman Republic 4 Confiscations of Property and Fines in the Military Sphere 1 Military (and Civic) Disobedience 2 Draft Dodging and Discharge of Soldiers 3 Military Failures 4 Conclusion 5 The Use of Financial Penalties in the Political Arena 1 Between Political Opportunities and Religious Duties 2 Fines for Misuse of Booty and Embezzlement (peculatus) 3 Fines and Compensations for Extortion (res repetundae) 4 Conclusion: Quantifying the Figures for Confiscations, Fines and Compensations Part 3 The Outbreak of Violence 6 Confiscations of Property in Civil Conflicts 1 Tiberius Gracchus: Tradition and Novelty in Punishment 2 The Confiscation of the Property of C. Sempronius Gracchus, M. Fulvius Flaccus, and Their Supporters 3 The Confiscation of the Property of L. Appuleius Saturninus and His Supporters 4 Conclusion: Accusations of regnum, senatus consultum ultimum, and Confiscations 7 Confiscations of Property and the Declaration of hostes publici 1 The hostis Declarations of 88 and 87 BC 2 Conclusion: The Senatorial Debate over the Punishment of the Catilinarians 8 The Sullan Proscriptions: A Point of No Return? 1 The Precedents 2 Proscriptions and Confiscations: An Assessment 3 Public Sales of Confiscated Property 4 Targeting Wealth 5 Proscriptions and the Land Market 6 Family Strategies of Self-Preservation 7 The Triumviral Proscriptions 8 Conclusion 9 Disclosing Confiscations and Public Sales in the Late Republic: Cicero’s De domo sua 1 De domo sua: Historical Context 2 The Structure of the Speech 3 Tribunician Consecrations of Property 4 The Confiscation of the Property of Cicero 5 The Auction of the Property of Cicero 6 Conclusion 10 Conclusions References Index
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Edinburgh University Press The Creation of the Ius Commune
Book SynopsisThis book surveys the traditional classifications of private law to establish the cognitive techniques used by medieval Italian and French jurists to transform Roman law into the ius commune of Western Europe.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Themes and Context (Cairns and Du Plessis); 1. An Introduction to the Interpretation of Legal Technicalities (Bezemer); 2. The Citation and the Ius Commune (Helmholz); 3. Medieval Family Law (Waelkens); 4. Legal Reasoning in Contract and Delict (Gordley); 5. The Buyer's Remedy for Latent Defects (Hallebeek); 6. Commercial Law (Ernst); 7. The Law of Unjustified Enrichment (Schrage/Dondorp); 8. The Law of Succession (Ryan); 9. The Roman Law of Property and the Reality of the Middle Ages (Rufner); 10. Fault-lines between contract and property in the medieval law of pledge (Du Plessis); 11. Malicious litigation and the rise of the legal profession (Brundage).
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Edinburgh University Press Enlightenment Legal Education and Critique
Book SynopsisEnlightenment, Legal Education, and Critique deals with broad themes in Legal History, such as the development of Scots Law through the major legal thinkers of the Enlightenment, essays on Roman law and miscellaneous essays on the literary and philosophical traditions within law.
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Edinburgh University Press Roman Law Essentials
Book SynopsisThis study and revision guide provides a clear account of the structure of Roman government and society: its sources and development of Roman Law, the three keystones of Roman Law The Law of Persons, The Law of Things and the Law of Actions and the reception of Roman Law into medieval Canon Law and the Ius Commune.
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JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck) Handbuch des Römischen Privatrechts
Book SynopsisDas Handbuch des Römischen Privatrechts gilt dem römischen Privat- und Zivilprozessrecht von den ältesten römischen Rechtsquellen bis zur Zeit Justinians. Erstmals seit fünfzig Jahren erfolgt eine umfassende Darstellung auf der Höhe des aktuellen Forschungsstandes. Das Werk bietet sachkundige Orientierung angesichts der Vielzahl der Forschungsgegenstände und der stetig reicher werdenden Sekundärliteratur. Es dient auch Althistorikern, Klassischen Philologen, anderen Geisteswissenschaftlern und Vertretern des geltenden Rechts als Nachschlagewerk und erhebt den Anspruch, ein Bezugspunkt der internationalen römisch-rechtlichen Forschung zu sein. Der Schwerpunkt der Darstellung liegt auf der Diskussion der spätrepublikanischen und kaiserzeitlichen römischen Jurisprudenz, wobei eine intensive Bezugnahme auf den Prozess erfolgt. Die juristische Papyrologie und Epigraphik sind ebenso berücksichtigt wie die provinziale Rechtspraxis.Das Handbuch erscheint in 2 Bänden und wird nur geschlossen abgegeben.
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JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck) Die Entwicklung der romanistischen Methode bei
Book SynopsisZu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts ging die unter dem Eindruck der Älteren Arbeitshypothese stehende Forschung davon aus, dass die Juristenschriften der sog. klassischen Zeit die justinianische Gesetzgebungskommission unberührt erreicht hätten. Daher rechnete man nur mit nachträglichen justinianischen Eingriffen (Interpolationen) in den überlieferten Texten. Fritz Schulz wurde zum Wegbereiter der Neuen Arbeitshypothese, die annahm, dass nahezu alle der besagten Schriften die justinianischen Kompilatoren bereits in mehr oder minder stark überarbeiteter Form erreicht hätten und machte so den Weg für eine differenziertere Betrachtungsweise frei. Philipp Rohdenburg zeichnet die verschiedenen Entwicklungsstufen auf diesem Weg anhand einzelner konkreter Quellenfragmente nach.
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Mohr Siebeck GmbH & Co. K Quintilians Rhetorik und die Disziplinen
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University of Notre Dame Press Behind the Scenes at Galileos Trial
Book SynopsisGalileo''s trial in 1633 before the Roman Inquisition is one of the most frequently mentioned topics in the history of science. Galileo''s encounter with the Catholic Church was not only a major turning point in the history of western culture; it is the paradigm case of the clash between the institutional authority of religion and the authority of scientific reason, a clash that has helped to define the modern era. Blackwell''s new contribution to the Galileo affair concerns the official theological position against Galileo. The centerpiece of his project is the treatise entitled Tractatus syllepticus, written by Melchior Inchofer, S.J., whose judgment of the orthodoxy of Galileo''s Dialogue had been requested earlier by the Holy Office and was then incorporated into the proceedings of the trial. At the time, Inchofer''s judgment against Galileo''s book was both detailed and harsh. That judgment formed the basis for Inchofer''s subsequent Tractatus, the fTrade Review“Though the conduct of Galileo's trial was probably less sinister than Blackwell has suggested, with these two defenses of the Church's condemnation of Copernicanism we have a new, intriguing glimpse behind the scenes.” —The Renaissance Quarterly"Blackwell exposes details of the infamous trial that are not universally known: Galileo's explanation in the first session that he did not know there was a warning against writing the book that brought him to the Inquisition, his premature admission of guilt in the second session, and the misreporting of court proceedings to the cardinal in terms that would resonate with them. . . . Recommended." —Choice“Richard Blackwell’s latest foray into scholarship on the Galileo affair contains detective history, careful scholarship, theological ruminations, and excellent translation work. The most tantalizing piece is chapter 1, titled ‘The Legal Case at Galileo’s Trial: Impasse and Perfidy,’ which pushes a thesis that involves plea bargains, mysterious saboteur(s), and a miscarriage of justice.” —The Sixteenth Century Journal“If the evidence does not support a plot in Galileo’s sense, Blackwell’s account provides a scenario for a spellbinding novel. The story leaves enough latitude for the reader to draw his own conclusions. Although scholars both acquit and condemn the Church, the underlying issue remains: what constitutes a demonstration?” — The Review of Metaphysics“There are many reasons why this 'Galileo affair' is uniquely important in modern history. One is that it is instructive for understanding the interaction between science and religion. Blackwell adds some nuances to the conflictualist thesis. . . . The main theme of Blackwell's book is that of exploring 'behind the scenes at Galileo's trial.'. . . This trial is one of the best-documented episodes emblematic of modernity . . . this book makes a valuable contribution and provides a model for this type of inquiry.” —Journal of Modern History“It was faith against reason, entrenched religious orthodoxy against radically new scientific fact. Richard J. Blackwell (St. Louis, emeritus) is an expert on philosophy but here he diligently presents the complex religious and scientific details of the matter within the historical context of Galileo’s time.” — Bibliotheque d’Humanisme et Renaissance
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University of California Press Summoned to the Roman Courts
Book SynopsisBrings to life a thousand years of Roman history through sixteen studies of famous court cases - from the legendary trial of Horatius for the killing of his sister, to the trial of Jesus Christ, to that of the Christian leader Priscillian for heresy. It illuminates how ancient legal practices affect how the law is implemented.Trade Review"[Liebs's book] will be welcomed by both novice and expert students of law and society... Entertaining yet profound... Highly recommended." -- P. Lorenzini, Saint Xavier University Choice "Liebs provides an interesting mixture of detailed examination of several legal problems and consideration of more broadly conceived legal change over time." Bryn Mawr Classical Review (BMCR)Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. Killing a Sister for Mourning a Fallen Enemy 2. Temporary End to Trials Involving Black Magic 3. A Dowry Hunter Loses Out 4. A Naive Buyer 5. The Party's Intention vs. the Pedantry of Jurists? 6. Cicero Thwarts the Intrigue of a Powerful Man 7. Defense against a Lover's Malice 8. Corrupter of Morals through Poetry, or Accessory to a Conspiracy? 9. A Precautionary Crucifixion 1. "They Hate Mankind" 11. A Criminal Organization? 12. Brutal Slave Owners 13. Self-Help Is Punished 14. Protecting a Ward Prevails over Standard Payment Practices 15. A Dispute among Christians 16. The Execution of Heretics Conclusion Notes Index
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University of Pennsylvania Press The Digest of Justinian Volume 2
Book SynopsisThe most famous and influential collection of legal materials in world history, now available in a four-volume English-language paperback edition.Trade Review"Definitive." * The Retainer *"A landmark." * Religious Studies Review *"Superb." * Texas Bar Journal *
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University of Pennsylvania Press The Digest of Justinian Volume 4
Book SynopsisThe most famous and influential collection of legal materials in world history, now available in a four-volume English-language paperback edition.Trade Review"Definitive." * The Retainer *"A landmark." * Religious Studies Review *"Superb." * Texas Bar Journal *
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University of Pennsylvania Press Violence in Roman Egypt
Book SynopsisDrawing on over a hundred papyrus petitions, one of the only sources of personal narrative from the Roman world, Ari Z. Bryen investigates how people living in Roman Egypt negotiated their relationships to local communities and the Empire through legal stories.Trade Review"An extremely important study that will fundamentally change how we think about violence in Egypt and elsewhere in the Roman Empire-in fact, the way we conceive Roman rule in the provinces altogether." * Noel Lenski, University of Colorado *"A substantial contribution to the field of papyrology, Violence in Roman Egypt contributes an interesting analysis of the only extant documentation of this kind in antiquity, which has never before been studied from this perspective." * Sofia Torallas Tovar, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Presentation of the Self in Everyday Life PART I. THE TEXTURE OF THE PROBLEM Chapter 1. Ptolemaios Complains Chapter 2. Violent Egypt Chapter 3. Violence, Modern and Ancient PART II. FROM THE LANGUAGE OF PAIN TO THE LANGUAGE OF LAW Chapter 4. Narrating Injury Chapter 5. The Work of Law Chapter 6. Fission and Fusion Conclusion: Nomos and Its Narratives Appendix A: The Papyrus on the Page Appendix B: Translations of Petitions Concerning Violence List of Papyri in Checklist Order Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
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University of Toronto Press Picturing Punishment
Book SynopsisBringing together themes in the history of art, punishment, religion, and the history of medicine, Picturing Punishment provides new insights into the wider importance of the criminal to civic life.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Structures of Power: Constructing and Publicizing the New Amsterdam Town Hall Peace and Prosperity Civic vs. Religious Dominance Spectacle, Prestige, and Publicity Public Access and Republican Virtues 2. Procession and Execution Rituals: Moving through the New Amsterdam Town Hall The Iconography of Justice Rituals of Justice behind Closed Doors Public Ceremonies on Execution Day 3. Disposal and Display: The Criminal Corpse on the Gallows Moving Executed Bodies Spectacular Displays Identity Formation at the Gallows Undignified Decomposition and the Taboo of Touch 4. Subversion and Symbolic Transformation: Recreation, Ambush, and Humour at the Gallows Ambushed Landscapes Sexual Innuendo, Leisure, and Acts of Resistance at the Gallows Grotesque Bodies 5. Serving the Public Good: Reform, Prestige, and the Productive Criminal Body in Amsterdam Deriving Civic Good Social Status and the Transformation of Anatomical Practice Dr. Tulp’s Fame and the Criminal’s Reform 6. The Transformation of Touch: Flayed Skin and the Visual and Material Afterlife of the Criminal Body in the Leiden Anatomy Theatre A Curious Attraction Moralizing Values Paaw’s Vesalian Methods Interacting with Objects 7. The Symbolism of Skin: Illustrating the Flayed Body Mythological Precedence Properties of Paper and Parchment Tactile Uncovering Conclusion Notes Bibliography
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University of Toronto Press Justice in Lyon
Book SynopsisJustice in Lyon is a comprehensive history of the trial for crimes against humanity of the Nazi Klaus Barbie.Trade Review“[Justice in Lyon] is a judicious, clearly written, and well-researched study which will now become the standard work on the subject.” -- Julian Jackson, Queen Mary University of London * H-France Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Klaus Barbie: Nazi “Idealist” 2. The Historical Judicial Backdrop: From Nuremberg to the 1980 Cologne Trial of Kurt Lischka, Herbert Hagen, and Ernst Heinrichson 3. The Investigation: War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, and the Long Road to Compromise 4. The Barbie Trial Begins: Opening Rituals and the Departure of the Accused 5. The Witnesses 6. The Civil Parties and Prosecution Make Their Case 7. Barbie’s Defence Takes Centre Stage Conclusion
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Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydawnictwo Enemies of the Later Roman Order – A Study of the
Book SynopsisThe book deals with the presence of language aggression in postclassical Roman law, in common opinion one of the characteristic features of the decadence at the dawn of the Byzantine culture. In his analysis of normative sources, the author makes use of an original research method whereby he concentrates on seeking out particular ideologically charged terms in the relevant articles of law, in order to analyze, throughout each selected corpus of legal documents, the context in which they appear and, on that basis, to determine their specific semantic fields. Notably, in his thorough analysis of the statements which are definitely negative in relation to those who are regarded as enemies of the state, he proceeds to examine such expressions semiologically, as based on the traditional forms of invective present in Greek and Roman literature.The book consists of three parts: the first considers the methodological assumptions of the work, the second is devoted to an analysis of the negatively marked vocabulary as found in the relevant constitutions, and the third identifies the groups of enemies of the Roman order and presents conclusions resulting from the author’s analysis of the quantities of terms and expressions of invective in the relevant sources. The author attempts to determine semantic fields of the invective-forming expressions on the basis of a wide range of reference material, at times reaching as far as several centuries back (from the perspective of the Late Antique period). The book is intended for scholars and students of postclassical law, historians, and philologists.Trade ReviewIn 1966, Ramsay MacMullen published an important book on "the enemies of the Roman order." It lists the social groups that had stood in actual opposition to the order reigning in the Roman Empire from the first up to the fifth century AD: senatorial opposition, philosophers, magicians, astrologers, rebellious inhabitants of cities, country brigands, even anachoretic hermits migrating outside the boundaries of the Roman community. At first glance, this varied assortment of figures appears to be collected at random. In fact, however, all these "characters" as assembled by MacMullen share one feature: their intense reluctance to conform to some aspect of the Roman order, which was constituted and defended by the Roman Empire.This book states the question of the "enemies" in exactly the opposite way. The question it asks of the sources is: "Who did the rulers of the later Roman Empire, the guarantors of the Roman order, treat as enemies'?" It searches for answers to this question in the documents issued at the behest of the emperors themselves, products of the Imperial bureaux, and therefore - in particular - Imperial laws.The criterion on which it seeks and categorizes the "enemies" of the emperor-lawgiver is not the sanctions administered by said laws but the language in which these "enemies" are described. It considers the use of condemnatory language toward a given group - the language suitable for the phenomenon described, beginning from antiquity, as "invective." -- adapted from the introduction
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Taylor & Francis Rome the LawGiver History of Civilization
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Taylor & Francis Roman Berytus
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Taylor & Francis Roman Law
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Taylor & Francis Roman Law
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Cambridge University Press The Roman Law Tradition
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Cambridge University Press A TextBook of Roman Law
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Cambridge University Press A Historical Introduction to the Study of Roman Law
Book SynopsisJolowicz's classic work traces the development of Roman Law historically from the earliest times until the age of Justinian. Private Law is treated at some length for the republican period, but for imperial times the emphasis is on constitutional law and the sources of law, together with the procedure and structure of the judicial system.Table of ContentsPreface; Dates; Abbreviations; 1. Periods in the history of Rome and in the history of her law; 2. The republican constitution; 3. Italy and the provinces during the republic; 4. Social conditions and the different classes of the population during the republic; 5. Sources of law in the republic; 6. Law for foreigners, ius gentium and ius naturale; 7. The XII Tables; 8. The law of the family and of succession at the time of the XII Tables; 9. Slavery and manumission at the time of the XII Tables; 10. The law of property at the time of the XII Tables; 11. The law of obligations at the time of the XII Tables; 12. The law of procedure at the time of the XII Tables; 13. Private law from the XII Tables to the fall of the republic: procedure; 14. Private law from the XII Tables to the fall of the republic: the law of the family and of succession; 15. Private law from the XII Tables to the fall of the republic: the law of slavery and manumission; 16. Private law from the XII Tables to the fall of the republic: the law of property; 17. Private law from the XII Tables to the fall of the republic: the law of obligations; 18. Criminal law in the republic; 19. The constitution under the principate; 20. Classes of the population and the government of the cities under the principate; 21. Sources of law in the principate; 22. Legal science during the principate; 23. Jurisdiction and procedure in the principate; 24. General character of the classical law; 25. The constitution under the Dominate; 26. Procedure and jurisdiction in the Dominate; 27. Sources from the end of the classical period to the accession of Justinian; 28. The character of the law from the end of the classical period to the accession of Justinian; 29. The legislation of Justinian; 30. General character of Justinian's law; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Judicial Reform and Land Reform in the Roman Republic
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