New Frontiers: Law and Society in the Roman World

ISBN-13: 9780748668205 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 256 str.

Paul J. du Plessis

Opis

Roman law as a field of study is rapidly evolving to reflect new perspectives and approaches in research. Scholars who work on the subject are increasingly being asked to conduct research in an interdisciplinary manner whereby Roman law is not merely seen as a set of abstract concepts devoid of any background, but as a body of law which operated in a specific social, economic and cultural context. This context-based, 'law and society' approach to the study of Roman law is an exciting new field which legal historians must address.
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.

Spis treści

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.