Roman Law before the Twelve Tables : : An Interdisciplinary Approach / / Sinclair W. Bell, Paul J. du Plessis.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• VerfasserIn: Bell, Sinclair W.,; du Plessis, Paul J.,
• MitwirkendeR: Amunátegui Perelló, Carlos Felipe,; Armstrong, Jeremy,; Bell, Sinclair W,; Clackson, James,; Colognesi, Luigi Capogrossi,; Laurend, Rossella,; Maggiani, Adriano,; Naglak, Matthew C,; Plessis, Paul J du,; Pottage, Alain,; Rocco, Marco,; Smith, Christopher,; Terrenato, Nicola,; Warden, P Gregory,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (216 p.)

Challenges current orthodox views about the origins of Roman lawRe-evaluates current debates surrounding the origins, nature and legacy of Roman lawBrings together an international and interdisciplinary range of contributorsLooks beyond the solitary context of Roman law’s origins by drawing upon the...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• The Contributors
• Introduction: The Dawn of Roman Law
• Part I The Materiality of Roman Law: New Archaeological Discoveries
• Chapter 1 Roman Law in its Italic Context
• Chapter 2 Central Italian Elite Groups as Aristocratic Houses in the Ninth to Sixth Centuries BCE
• Chapter 3 Authority and Display in Sixth-Century Etruria: The Vicchio Stele
• Part II Constructing Early Roman Law: Sources and Methods
• Chapter 4 The Twelve Tables and the leges regiae: A Problem of Validity
• Chapter 5 The leges regiae in Livy: Narratological and Stylistic Strategies
• Chapter 6 The leges regiae through Tradition, Historicity and Invention: A Comparison of Historico-literary and Jurisprudential Sources
• Chapter 7 The Laws of the Kings – A View from a Distance
• Chapter 8 Beyond the Pomerium: Expansion and Legislative Authority in Archaic Rome
• Part III Roman Law in Historiography and Theory
• Chapter 9 Niebuhr and Bachofen: New Forms of Evidence on Roman History
• Chapter 10 Finding Melanesia in Ancient Rome: Mauss’ Anthropology of nexum
• Index