The Cambridge Companion to Roman Law

ISBN-13: 9780521895644 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 554 str.

David Johnston

Opis

This work reflects the wide range of current scholarship on Roman law, covering private, criminal and public law.

Recenzje

'It is rare to read a book on Roman law which is difficult to put down, but this is such a book … [It] has much to offer both the general reader and the professional lawyer or classicist.' Classics for All Reviews (classicsforallreviews.wordpress.com)

Spis treści

Part I. Introduction: 1. Introduction David Johnston; 2. Roman law and its intellectual context Laurens Winkel; Part II. Lawmaking: 3. Sources of law from the Republic to the Dominate David Ibbetson; 4. Roman law in the provinces John Richardson; Part III. Roman Law: The Evidence: 5. Documents in Roman practice Joseph Georg Wolf; 6. Writing in Roman legal contexts Elizabeth A. Meyer; 7. Patristic sources Caroline Humfress; 8. Justinian and the Corpus Iuris Civilis Wolfgang Kaiser; Part IV. Private Law in Roman Society: 9. Slavery, family, and status Andrew Lewis; 10. Property Paul du Plessis; 11. Succession David Johnston; 12. Commerce Jean-Jacques Aubert; 13. Delicts A. J. B. Sirks; 14. Litigation Ernest Metzger; Part V. Criminal and Public Law: 15. Crime and punishment Andrew Lintott; 16. Public law A. J. B. Sirks; Part VI. Byzantium and Beyond: 17. The law of New Rome: Byzantine law B. H. Stolte; 18. The legacy of Roman law Laurent Mayali; 19. Canon law and Roman law R. H. Helmholz; 20. Political thought Magnus Ryan; 21. Roman law in the modern world Reinhard Zimmermann.