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Bringing together a team of international experts from different
subject areas including law, history, archaeology and anthropology
this book re-evaluates the traditional narratives surrounding the
origins of Roman law before the enactment of the Twelve Tables.
Much is now known about the archaic period, relevant evidence from
later periods continues to emerge and new methodologies bring the
promise of interpretive inroads. This book explores whether, in
light of recent developments in these fields, the earliest history
of Roman law should be reconsidered. Drawing upon the critical
axioms of contemporary sociological and anthropological theory, the
contributors yield new insights and offer new perspectives on
Rome's early legal history. In doing so, they seek to revise our
understanding of Roman legal history as well as to enrich our
appreciation of its culture as a whole.
This volume brings together an international team of scholars to
debate Cicero's role in the narrative of Roman law in the late
Republic - a role that has been minimised or overlooked in previous
scholarship. This reflects current research that opens a larger and
more complex debate about the nature of law and of the legal
profession in the last century of the Roman Republic. Contributors:
Benedikt Forschner * Catherine Steel * Christine
Lehne-Gstreinthaler * Jan Willem Tellegen * Jennifer Hilder * Jill
Harries * Matthijs Wibier * Michael C. Alexander * Olga
Tellegen-Couperus * Philip Thomas * Saskia T. Roselaar * Yasmina
Benferhat.
This is an interdisciplinary, edited collection on social science
methodologies for approaching Roman legal sources. Roman law as a
field of study is rapidly evolving to reflect new perspectives and
approaches in research. Scholars who work on the subject are
increasingly being asked to conduct research in an
interdisciplinary manner whereby Roman law is not merely seen as a
set of abstract concepts devoid of any background, but as a body of
law which operated in a specific social, economic and cultural
context. This "context-based" approach to the study of Roman law is
an exciting new field which legal historians must address. Since
the mid-1960s, a new academic movement has advocated a "law and
society" approach to the study of Roman law instead of the
prevailing dogmatic methodology employed in many Faculties of law.
This book aims to further the current debate on the interface
between legal history and ancient history. It brings together a
distinguished group of scholars who will provide different
perspectives on this debate. It addresses particular themes within
this debate such as law and legal practice, law and gender as well
as law and economics.
A fundamental re-assessment of Cicero's place in Roman law This
volume brings together an international team of scholars to debate
Cicero's role in the narrative of Roman law in the late Republic a
role that has been minimised or overlooked in previous scholarship.
This reflects current research that opens a larger and more complex
debate about the nature of law and of the legal profession in the
last century of the Roman Republic. ContributorsBenedikt Forschner
Catherine Steel Christine Lehne-Gstreinthaler Jan Willem Tellegen
Jennifer Hilder Jill Harries Matthijs Wibier Michael C. Alexander
Olga Tellegen-Couperus Philip Thomas Saskia T. Roselaar Yasmina
Benferhat
Borkowski's Textbook on Roman Law is the leading contemporary
textbook in the field of Roman law, and has been written with
undergraduate students firmly in mind. The book provides a clear
and highly engaging account of Roman private law and civil
procedure, with coverage of all key topics, including the Roman
legal system, and the law of persons, property, and obligations.
The book gives a comprehensive overview of both the historical
context and modern relevance of Roman law today. Included are
references to a wide range of scholarly texts, to ground the
judicious account of Roman law firmly in contemporary scholarship.
There are also examples from legal practice, as well as truncated
timelines at the start of each chapter to illustrate how the law
developed over time. The book contains a wealth of learning
features, including chapter summaries, diagrams and maps. A major
feature of the book is the inclusion of translated extracts from
the most important sources of Roman law: the Digest and the
Institutes of Justinian. Annotated further reading sections at the
end of each chapter act as a guide to further enquiry. Digital
formats and resources This edition is available for students and
institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported
by online resources. - The e-book offers a mobile experience and
convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation
features, and links that offer extra learning support:
www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks - The online resources include: *
Self-test questions on the key topics of Roman law give students
the opportunity to test learning. These questions test factual
knowledge to help consolidate understanding of key topics and they
are interactive providing the correct answer to each question and a
reference to the relevant part of the textbook. * Revision sheets
and sample essay questions aid exam preparation. * An interactive
timeline supplements the list of dates featured in the introduction
to the textbook. It may also be used as a schematic guide to
chapter 1 (Introduction: Rome-a historical sketch). The timeline
provides a chronological overview of the development of Roman
private law in its political and historical context. * Short
biographies of key figures to be used in conjunction with the
timeline to supplement the discussion of the jurists in chapter 2
(The sources of Roman law). * There is also a glossary of Latin
terms; annotated web links; guidance on finding Roman law texts and
associated literature; and tips regarding textual analysis to guide
the reader in interpreting the texts.
Few topics have had a more profound impact on the study of Roman
law in Britain than the lex Aquilia, a Roman statute enacted
c.287/286 BCE to reform the Roman law on wrongful damage to
property. This volume investigates this peculiarly British fixation
against the backdrop larger themes such as the development of
delict/tort in Britain and the rise of comparative law. Taken
collectively, the volume establishes whether it is possible to
identify a 'British' method of researching and writing about Roman
law.
Few topics have had a more profound impact on the study of Roman
law in Britain than the lex Aquilia, a Roman statute enacted
c.287/286 BCE to reform the Roman law on wrongful damage to
property. This volume investigates this peculiarly British fixation
against the backdrop larger themes such as the development of
delict/tort in Britain and the rise of comparative law. Taken
collectively, the volume establishes whether it is possible to
identify a 'British' method of researching and writing about Roman
law.
The Oxford Handbook of Roman Law and Society surveys the landscape
of contemporary research and charts principal directions of future
inquiry. More than a history of doctrine or an account of
jurisprudence, the Handbook brings to bear upon Roman legal study
the full range of intellectual resources of contemporary legal
history, from comparison to popular constitutionalism, from
international private law to law and society, thereby setting
itself apart from other volumes as a unique contribution to
scholarship on its subject. The Handbook brings the study of Roman
law into closer alignment and dialogue with historical,
sociological, and anthropological research into law in other
periods. It will therefore be of value not only to ancient
historians and legal historians already focused on the ancient
world, but to historians of all periods interested in law and its
complex and multifaceted relationship to society.
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