Systems of law: Roman law

This edited collection brings together recent scholarship on the understanding of Roman private law.

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.

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.

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

Pliny the Younger (c.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Explanation of the success and failure of the Roman economy is one of the most important problems in economic history.

The Roman Law of Obligations presents a series of lectures delivered by the late Peter Birks as an introductory course in Roman law.

The Roman Law of Obligations presents a series of lectures delivered by the late Peter Birks as an introductory course in Roman law.

Two central themes run through The Due Process of Law.

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

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

Pliny the Younger (c.

This fourth collection by Professor Andre Gouron presents a set of twenty studies on jurisprudence, jurists and legal practice in the 12th and 13th centuries.