The State, the Law, and the People in the Roman Empire
The State, the Law, and the People in the Roman Empire
$160.00
USDThis volume makes more widely available to students and teachers the treasure trove of evidence for the administrative, social, and economic history of Rome contained in the Digest and Codex of Justinian. What happened when people encountered the government exercising legal jurisdiction through governors, magistrates, and officials within the legal framework and laws sponsored by the state? How were the urban environment of Rome and Italy, the state's assets, and human relations managed? How did the mechanisms of control in the provinces affect local life and legal processes? How were contracts devised and enforced? How did banks operate? What was the experience of going to court like, and how did you deal with assault or insult or recover loss? How did you rent a farm or an apartment and protect ownership? The emperor loomed over everything, being the last resort in moderating relations between state and subject.
- Presents a wide selection of legal and related texts for ancient historians in new translations
- Provides a clear and concise commentary to help readers unfamiliar with legal texts understand the concepts and the historical context
- Offers a new dimension to the topics covered and a compendium of additional source material not usually available
Product details
August 2025Hardback
9781107163164
530 pages
229 × 152 mm
0kg
Not yet published - available from August 2025
Table of Contents
- List of abbreviations
- List of maps
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. Status and responsibility: freedom, slavery, citizenship
- 2. Public and private interests: Rome and Italy
- 3. Public and private interests: the provinces
- 4. Economic life
- 5. Government, citizens and property
- 6. Crime and punishment
- 7. Appearing in court
- 8. The emperor and the law
- Glossary
- List of jurists and principal authors
- Index of passages cited
- General index.
