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A wide-ranging historical account of Roman law and legal institutions which explains how they were created and modified in relation to political developments and changes in power relations. It demonstrates the paramount importance of laws in securing political equilibrium, stability, the integration of conquered peoples and a long-lasting empire.

Table of Contents
1. The genesis of a political community; 2. Early Roman institutions; 3. The Etruscans; 4. From Monarchy to Republic; 5. Rome's Republican institutions; 6. Toward Italian hegemony; 7. An aristocracy of government; 8. The evolution of Roman law and jurisprudence; 9. Rome's Mediterranean hegemony: new horizons in the third century BC; 10. The reforms of the Gracchi and the crisis of the Roman ruling class; 11. Sulla's attempted restoration and the twilight of the Republic; 12. Civil war; 13. Augustus: the construction of a new institutional system; 14. The architecture of governance; 15. The imperial order at its height; 16. An empire of cities; 17. The emperor and the law; 18. The conclusion of a long journey.

Law and Power in the Making of the Roman Commonwealth

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 11/8/2018 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781107420465, 978-1107420465
      ISBN10: 1107420466
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A wide-ranging historical account of Roman law and legal institutions which explains how they were created and modified in relation to political developments and changes in power relations. It demonstrates the paramount importance of laws in securing political equilibrium, stability, the integration of conquered peoples and a long-lasting empire.

      Table of Contents
      1. The genesis of a political community; 2. Early Roman institutions; 3. The Etruscans; 4. From Monarchy to Republic; 5. Rome's Republican institutions; 6. Toward Italian hegemony; 7. An aristocracy of government; 8. The evolution of Roman law and jurisprudence; 9. Rome's Mediterranean hegemony: new horizons in the third century BC; 10. The reforms of the Gracchi and the crisis of the Roman ruling class; 11. Sulla's attempted restoration and the twilight of the Republic; 12. Civil war; 13. Augustus: the construction of a new institutional system; 14. The architecture of governance; 15. The imperial order at its height; 16. An empire of cities; 17. The emperor and the law; 18. The conclusion of a long journey.

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