An introduction to Roman legal and constitutional history
Type
Book
Authors
Category
Other Jurisdictions
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Publication Year
1973
Publisher
Pages
viii, 236 pages
Subject
Rome
Abstract
"This book provides a short history of Roman law and its constitutional background; it incorporates in organic outline the results of recent research by the author and others in various areas of Roman political organization, Roman jurisprudence and criminal justice, and provincial government and the Digest. it should serve as a valuable introductory work for the study of general Roman history as well as of classical Roman law; and it contains an extensive bibliographical appendix in which the author critically describes the leading works in these fields. This translation is from the Sixth German Edition of Römische Rechtsgeschichte, published by Böhlau-Verlag of Köln and Graz." - Book cover
Description
Content:
I. The early period : to the mid-third century B.C. 1. The early city state as the starting-point of Roman legal development -- 2. The ius civile of the early period -- II. The law of Rome as a great power and of the Roman world empire from the mid-third century B.C. to the mid-third century A.D. 3. The state, economy, and social development -- 4. Criminal prosecutions -- 5. The development of civil law in the Roman world state and Empire -- 6. Civil jurisdiction and the ius honorarium -- 7. Jurisprudence and the law of jurists -- 8. Imperial law -- III. The law of the late Roman Empire. 9. The state and society in the late Empire -- 10. Legal development in the late Empire up to Justinian -- 11. The Justinianic codifications -- Epilogue : Roman law after Justinian.
I. The early period : to the mid-third century B.C. 1. The early city state as the starting-point of Roman legal development -- 2. The ius civile of the early period -- II. The law of Rome as a great power and of the Roman world empire from the mid-third century B.C. to the mid-third century A.D. 3. The state, economy, and social development -- 4. Criminal prosecutions -- 5. The development of civil law in the Roman world state and Empire -- 6. Civil jurisdiction and the ius honorarium -- 7. Jurisprudence and the law of jurists -- 8. Imperial law -- III. The law of the late Roman Empire. 9. The state and society in the late Empire -- 10. Legal development in the late Empire up to Justinian -- 11. The Justinianic codifications -- Epilogue : Roman law after Justinian.
Biblio Notes
English translation based on the sixth German edition of Romisch Rechtsgeschichte.
Includes bibliographical references.
Translated by J. M. Kelly
Includes bibliographical references.
Translated by J. M. Kelly
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