Byzantine Legal Culture and the Roman Legal Tradition, 867-1056

ISBN-13: 9781316633601 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 248 str.

Zachary Chitwood

Opis

An accessible and innovative introductory study of Byzantine law in its wider societal context under the Macedonian dynasty.

Recenzje

'This is a most welcome book … which I consider to be a successful integration of social and legal history.' Bernard H. Stolte, Speculum

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. The 'cleansing of the ancient laws' under Basil I and Leo VI; 2. Gift-giving and patronage in Middle Byzantine courts; 3. Paradigms of justice and jurisprudence; 4. The function of 'private' law collections in the Byzantine Empire and neighboring cultures; 5. Law and heresy in the edicts of the Patriarch Alexios Stoudites; 6. Legal education and the law school of Constantinople; Conclusions; Appendix: translation of the Novella constitutio.