Landlords and Tenants in Imperial Rome / / Bruce W. Frier.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Frier, Bruce W.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1980
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 115
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (294 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Plan and Plates --; Foreword --; Preface --; Abbreviations --; I. Upper-Class Apartment Housing in Ostia and Rome --; II. The Social Institutions of the Roman Rental Market --; III. Introduction to the Jurists' Treatment of Urban Leasehold --; IV. The Roman Law of Urban Leasehold --; V. Recognition of Interests in Roman Lease Law --; VI. Roman Jurisprudence as an Instrument of Social Control --; Appendix A: An Egyptian "Eviction Notice" --; Appendix B: Translation of Latin Passages Quoted in the Text --; Index of Legal Sources --; General Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400855148; 9783110413441; 9783110413519; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400855148
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Bruce W. Frier.

By examining a portion of private law in imperial Rome as a functioning element in social life, this book constitutes an important contribution to the sociological understanding of law in premodern societies. Using archaeological data as well as literary and legal texts, Bruce Frier shows that members of the upper class, including senatorial families, lived in rented apartments and that the Roman law of urban lease was designed mainly for them, not for the lower class.Originally published in 1980.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.