UID:
edocfu_9959232918102883
Umfang:
1 online resource (297 p.)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-282-55507-3
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9786612555077
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0-253-00412-8
Inhalt:
In this exploration of the administration of law and its role in the lives of ordinary people in the northern provinces of the Roman Empire, Serena Connolly draws upon a rich but little-known legal collection from the late 3rd century known as the Codex Hermogenianus. The codex is composed of imperial responses to petitions sent to Rome, written by a team of the emperor's legal experts. These petitions and responses provide a wealth of information about provincial legal administration and the lives of the non-elite petitioners. The man who prostituted his wife, the mother whose malicious son undersold her farm, and the slaves who posed as free men to get a loan are just a few of the lives to encounter. Lives behind the Laws makes a valuable contribution to Roman social, political, and legal history.
Anmerkung:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Seeking justice in the roman world -- The rescript system -- The rescript system in context -- Using the system -- The emperor and his petitioners.
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-253-22147-1
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-253-35401-3
Sprache:
Englisch
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