Beyond Dogmatics : : Law and Society in the Roman World / / John W. Cairns, Paul J. du Plessis.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Cairns, John W.,; du Plessis, Paul J.,
• MitwirkendeR: Aubert, J-J,; Cairns, J. W.,; Harries, J.,; Johnston, D.,; Lewis, A. D. E.,; Metzger, E.,; Meyer, E. A.,; Plessis, P. J. Du,; Rees, R. D.,; Robinson, O. F.,; Tuori, K.,; Watson, A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Edinburgh Studies in Law : ESL
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (208 p.)

An important contribution to the raging debate about the relationship between law and society in the Roman worldWhat was the relationship between law and society in the Roman world? This debate, initiated by the work of John Crook in the 1960s, has had a profound impact upon the study of law and history and has created sharply divided opinions on the extent to which law may be said to be a product of the society that created it. This work is a balanced assessment of the different points of view battling against each other in this ongoing argument. It contains an introductory chapter by Alan Watson, whose views on the relationship between law and society have caused some controversy. In the following chapters, a distinguished group of international scholars get stuck in to the debate by focusing on studies of law and empire, codes and codification, death and economics, commerce and procedure. By looking at these specific areas, Beyond Dogmatics contributes to the larger debate about Roman private law in Roman society.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- List of Abbreviations -- DEBATES AND CONTEXTS -- Introduction: Themes and Literature -- 1 Law and Society -- LAW AND EMPIRE -- 2 Legal Pluralism and the Roman Empires -- 3 Diplomatics, Law and Romanisation in the Documents from the Judaean Desert -- LAW CODES AND CODIFICATION -- 4 Roman Law Codes and the Roman Legal Tradition -- 5 Diocletian and the Efficacy of Public Law -- DEATH, ECONOMICS AND SUCCESSION -- 6 The Dutiful Legatee: Pliny, Letters V.1 -- 7 The Hereditability of Locatio Conductio -- 8 Dealing with the Abyss: the Nature and Purpose of the Rhodian Sea-Law on Jettison (Lex Rhodia de Iactu, D 14.2) and the Making of Justinian’s Digest -- 9 Suing the Paterfamilias: Theory and Practice -- PROCEDURE -- 10 Lawsuits in Context -- 11 The Role of Delators -- Index