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Crime and Punishment in Ancient Romeby Richard A. Bauman
Routledge 1996; US$ 135.00Richard A. Bauman tells the history of punishment from the Roman Republic to the late Empire, thus shedding light on some decisive aspects of Roman history. more...
Women and the Law in the Roman Empireby Judith Evans Grubbs
Routledge 2002; US$ 39.95This sourcebook fully exploits the rich legal material of the imperial period, explaining the rights women held under Roman law, the restrictions to which they were subject, and legal regulations on marriage, divorce and widowhood. more...
Being a Roman Citizenby Jane F. Gardner
Routledge 1993; US$ 44.95Examines how the rights and duties of Roman citizens in private life, were affected by certain basic differences in their formal status. Thereby, throws into sharper focus Roman conceptions of citizenship and society. more...
Law and Empire in Late Antiquityby Jill Harries
Cambridge University Press 1999; US$ 34.00This is the first systematic historical treatment in English of public law in the later Roman Empire. New interpretations are offered of central issues in the study of Roman law - its nature, aims and efficacy; contemporary attitudes to torture and punishment; judicial corruption; and the settlement of disputes. more...
Plebs and Politics in the Late Roman Republicby Henrik Mouritsen
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 33.00This book deals with popular political participation in republican Rome and contributes to an ongoing debate about the role of the people in the running of the Roman state. It approaches the issue from a practical perspective, looking at the way political meetings and assemblies functioned. more...
Legitimacy and Law in the Roman Worldby Elizabeth A. Meyer
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 40.00The Romans wrote solemn religious, public, and legal documents on wooden tablets. This book investigates the historical significance of this practice: its power to order the human realm and cosmos and to make documents efficacious; its spread to the provinces; and its influence on the evolution of Roman law. more...
Penal Practice and Penal Policy in Ancient Romeby Olivia Robinson
Taylor & Francis 2006; US$ 128.00Using Roman literary and legal sources, this book assesses Roman penal policy through an examination of high-profile criminal cases, ranging from the Bacchanalian trials in 186 BC to the trials for treason and magic in the 4th century. Identifying Roman a more...
Actors and Audience in the Roman Courtroomby Leanna Bablitz
Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 44.95What would you see if you attended a trial in a courtroom in the early Roman empire? What was the behaviour of litigants, advocates, judges and audience?. It was customary for Roman individuals out of general interest to attend the various courts held in public places in the city centre and as such the Roman courts held an important position in the Roman community on a sociological level as well as a letigious one. This book considers many aspects of Roman courts in the first two centuries AD, b more...
Sklaverei und Freilassung im römischen Recht: Symposium für Hans Josef Wieling zum 70. Geburtstag (German Edition)by Thomas Finkenauer
Springer 2006; US$ 169.00Der Sammelband vereinigt Beiträge vieler renommierter Romanisten zum römischen Sklavenrecht. Vermögensrechtliche Fragen, namentlich des Sondervermögens (peculium) von Sklaven, werden ebenso erörtert wie die soziale Stellung einzelner Sklavengruppen. Zudem werden ausführlich Probleme der Freilassung von Sklaven untersucht. Weitere Beiträge sind dem Verhältnis zwischen römischem Sklaventum und frühem Christentum sowie der mittelalterlichen Rezeption des antiken Sklavenrechts gewidmet. Ein Schrifttumsverzeichnis von Hans Wieling beschließt den Band. more...
Kaufen nach Römischem Recht: Antikes Erbe in den europäischen Kaufrechtsordnungen (German Edition)by Eva Jakab; Wolfgang Ernst
Springer 2008; US$ 129.00Das Kaufrecht der kontinentalen Rechtsordnungen beruht auf dem Recht des römischen Vertrages "emptio venditio". Die antiken römischen Vorschriften sind seit dem Mittelalter Grundlagen der Rechtsentwicklung. Dazu gehört z.B. der Käuferschutz gegen Sachmängel ebenso wie der Satz vom sofortigen Übergang der Gefahr. Die Autoren dieses Bandes untersuchen einzelne Fragen des Kaufrechts in der römischen Antike und in Rechtsordnungen der Neuzeit. more...









