Systems of law: Roman law

Born in Ireland in 1879, W.

When Justinian became sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire in A.

In the early second century CE, two Jewish women, Babatha and Salome Komaise, lived in the village of Maoza on the southern coast of the Dead Sea.

Combining socio-legal and ethnohistorical studies, this book presents the history of doodem, or clan identification markings, left by Anishinaabe on treaties and other legal documents from the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries.

This monograph makes a seminal contribution to existing literature on the importance of Roman law in the development of political thought in Europe.

This volume explores the effects of the Roman censorial mark (nota censoria) and the influence of censorial regulations on the development of written law in ancient Rome.

Popular sovereignty - the doctrine that the public powers of state originate in a concessive grant of power from "e;the people"e; - is the cardinal doctrine of modern constitutional theory, placing full constitutional authority in the people at large, rather than in the hands of judges, kings, or a political elite.

Involved in rabies research for much of their working careers, editors David J.

Over the last 40 years, David Ibbetson has paved the way in a remarkably broad range of fields.

Law was central to the ancient Roman's conception of themselves and their empire.

Pliny the Younger (c.

In the days of the Roman Empire, the emperor was considered not only the ruler of the state, but also its supreme legal authority, fulfilling the multiple roles of supreme court, legislator, and administrator.

Drawing on engaging case studies, Essays in the History of Canadian Law brings the law to life.

This volume offers a long overdue appraisal of the dynamic interactions between Roman law and Latin literature.

In Staging the Trials of Modernism, Dale Barleben explores the interactions among literature, cultural studies, and the law through detailed analyses of select British modern writers including Oscar Wilde, Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford, and James Joyce.

When Justinian became sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire in A.

Was the Roman Empire just?

Over the last 40 years, David Ibbetson has paved the way in a remarkably broad range of fields.

Priests of the Law tells the story of the first people in the history of the common law to think of themselves as legal professionals.

In the early history of Halifax (1749-1766), debt litigation was extremely common.

Priests of the Law tells the story of the first people in the history of the common law to think of themselves as legal professionals.

In this book, Andrew Riggsby surveys the main areas of Roman law, and their place in Roman life.

Saint Antoninus of Florence was a Dominican friar and archbishop of Florence from 1446 to 1459.

Presents a set of important Latin inscriptions illustrating the developing sense of dynasty that underpinned the new monarchy of Augustus.

Dieser Band widmet sich dem Recht der internationalen Beziehungen im europäischen Recht des Mittelalters in Krieg und Frieden.

When Justinian became sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire in A.

When Justinian became sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire in A.

Award winning author Gregory S.

Wounded Feelings is the first legal history of emotions in Canada.

This important collection of essays is at the cutting edge of contemporary research on Roman law, comparative law, and legal history.

Building Justice draws on the inspiring life of former Canadian Supreme Court Justice Frank Iacobucci to offer insight into the meaning of engaged citizenship through law.