Format:
1 Online-Ressource (552 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s)
ISBN:
9780511707568
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Classics
Content:
Theodor Mommsen's influential multi-volume work, first published between 1871 and 1888, is a systematic treatment of the intricate workings of the Roman state. The renowned German scholar proposed an original and sometimes controversial understanding of Roman institutions, based around the categories of nineteenth-century constitutional law. The Romans themselves never actually codified their complicated body of law, but by applying a historical approach to describe the development of Roman law Mommsen succeeds in making it more accessible to the reader. He systematises the many diverse legal elements upon which the Roman constitution was based and offers a coherent reading of it. In Volume 1 Mommsen focuses on the system of local government and describes in detail how it functioned. He explains the protection offered by the Pontifex maximus and the authority held by the civil and criminal courts, as well as the civil rights given to each community
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781108009843
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781108009843
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511707568
Author information:
Mommsen, Theodor 1817-1903
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