Systems of law: Roman law

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

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

Originally published between 1920-70,The History of Civilization was a landmark in early twentieth century publishing.

Originally published between 1920-70,The History of Civilization was a landmark in early twentieth century publishing.

Explores single men and women in the Roman world, their ways of life and their reasons for remaining unmarried.

Shows how Christian leaders before 1000 CE understood law and used normative texts and practices for social order and eternal salvation.

Shows how Christian leaders before 1000 CE understood law and used normative texts and practices for social order and eternal salvation.

How Roman law has influenced European legal and political thought from antiquity to the present day.

Solon (c 658-558 BC) is famous as both statesman and poet but also, and above all, as the paramount lawmaker of ancient Athens.

Solon (c 658-558 BC) is famous as both statesman and poet but also, and above all, as the paramount lawmaker of ancient Athens.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This fascinating collection considers the dialogue between technical literature and imperial society in the Roman Empire.

Investigation of historical significance of the Roman practice to write solemn documents on wooden tablets.

The first systematic historical treatment in English of public law in the later Roman Empire.

An explanation of Roman law in the light of the society and economy in which it operated.

How Roman law has influenced European legal and political thought from antiquity to the present day.

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.

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.

Between the Sack of Rome by the Gauls in 390 BC and the middle of the second century BC, a part-time army of Roman peasants, under the leadership of the ruling oligarchy, conquered first Italy and then the whole of the Mediterranean.

A comprehensive study - recently updated for the eBook edition - which introduces the reader to the vigour and variety of the fourth century AD.

Family Money explores the histories of formerly enslaved women who tried to claim inheritances left to them by deceased owners, the household traumas of mixed-race slaves, post-Emancipation calls for reparations, and the economic fallout from anti-miscegenation marriage laws.

The Roman household (familia) was in many respects dramatically different from the modern family.

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Family Money explores the histories of formerly enslaved women who tried to claim inheritances left to them by deceased owners, the household traumas of mixed-race slaves, post-Emancipation calls for reparations, and the economic fallout from anti-miscegenation marriage laws.

Drawing on groundbreaking and overwhelmingly extensive research into local court records, The Common Law in Colonial America proposes a "e;new beginning"e; in the study of colonial legal history, as it charts the course of the common law in Early America, to reveal how the models of law that emerged differed drastically from that of the English common law.

This book provides a thorough introduction to Roman property law by means of "e;cases,"e; consisting of brief excerpts from Roman juristic sources in the original Latin with accompanying English translations.

Drawing on groundbreaking and overwhelmingly extensive research into local court records, The Common Law in Colonial America proposes a "e;new beginning"e; in the study of colonial legal history, as it charts the course of the common law in Early America, to reveal how the models of law that emerged differed drastically from that of the English common law.

Imperial and Local Citizenship in the Long Second Century CE offers a radical new history of Roman citizenship in the long century before Caracalla's universal grant of citizenship in 212 CE.

Imperial and Local Citizenship in the Long Second Century CE offers a radical new history of Roman citizenship in the long century before Caracalla's universal grant of citizenship in 212 CE.

Roman contract law has profoundly influenced subsequent legal systems throughout the world, but is inarguably an important subject in its own right.

Roman contract law has profoundly influenced subsequent legal systems throughout the world, but is inarguably an important subject in its own right.

This study addresses the ius commune's relation to and influence on English law.

The colonization policies of Ancient Rome followed a range of legal arrangements concerning property distribution and state formation, documented in fragmented textual and epigraphic sources.

The colonization policies of Ancient Rome followed a range of legal arrangements concerning property distribution and state formation, documented in fragmented textual and epigraphic sources.

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.

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.

Was the Roman Empire just?

This book makes the important but surprisingly under-explored argument that modern international law was built on the foundations of Roman law and Roman imperial practice.

`However one defines Man, the same definition applies to us all.

`However one defines Man, the same definition applies to us all.

In the first volume in this new series on Roman society and law, Saskia T.

The Roman Empire was a remarkable achievement.

Possidius, the bishop of Calama, was a life-long friend of St.

The Roman Empire was a remarkable achievement.