A Sourcebook on Byzantine Law : : Illustrating Byzantine Law through the Sources / / Daphne Penna and Roos Meijering.

• Superior document: Medieval Law and Its Practice ; 34
• VerfasserIn: Penna, Daphne,; Meijering, Roos,
• TeilnehmendeR: Meijering, Roos,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Medieval Law and Its Practice ; 34.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (242 pages)

This book provides for the first time in English a wide range of Byzantine legal sources and explains Byzantine law through these sources, thereby offering a scholarly introduction to the background and content of Byzantine law.

This is the first book in English providing a wide range of Byzantine legal sources. In six chapters, this book explains and illustrates Byzantine law through a selection of fundamental Byzantine legal sources, beginning with the sources before the time of Justinian, and extending up to AD 1453. For all sources English translations are provided next to the original Greek (and Latin) text. In some cases, tables or other features are included that help further elucidate the source and illustrate its nature. The volume offers a clear yet detailed primer to Byzantine law, its sources, and its significance.

Table of Contents

Preface -- List of Figures and Maps -- Abbreviations -- General Note on the Bibliography -- 1 The Sources of Law before the Time of Justinian -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A Brief Summary of the Sources of Roman Law -- 3 Teaching Law before the time of Justinian -- 4 Select Bibliography -- 2 The Time of Justinian -- 1 Justinian’s Legislation -- 2 Teaching Law in the Time of Justinian -- 3 Contemporary Writings for More Practical Purposes -- 3 From the End of the Sixth Century up to and including the Iconoclastic Period -- 1 End of the Sixth Century: the scholastikoi -- 2 Athanasios of Emessa -- 3 Theodoros of Hermoupolis -- 4 ‘The Seventh Century’: ‘The Anonymos Junior’ -- 5 ‘The Seventh Century’: Early Legal Treatises— De actionibus and Rhopai -- 6 The Ecloga -- 7 The Farmer’s Law and the Military Law -- 8 The Rhodian Sea Law -- 9 Select Bibliography -- 4 Macedonian Renaissance -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Prochiron and the Eisagoge -- 3 The Basilica Puzzle -- 4 The Novels of Leo VI the Wise -- 5 The Prefect’s Book (Eparchikon biblion) -- 6 The ‘Old’ Basilica Scholia -- 7 The Synopsis maior Basilicorum and the Legal Lexica -- 8 Select Bibliography -- 5 From the Eleventh Century up To 1453 -- 1 The ‘New’ Basilica Scholia -- 2 Recognising ‘Old’ and ‘New’ Basilica Scholia -- 3 The Ponema Nomikon , Tipoukeitos and the Synopsis legum -- 4 The Peira -- 5 The Ecloga Basilicorum -- 6 The Novel of Manuel on Procedure -- 7 The Decisions and Statements of Chomatenos -- 8 The Hexabiblos by Harmenopoulos -- 9 Select Bibliography -- 6 Canon Law -- 1 A Brief Outline of Byzantine Canon Law and Some Basic Terms -- 2 A Scheme of Canon Law: The Sources of Byzantine Canon Law until the Twelfth Century -- 3 The Canonists of the Twelfth Century -- 4 Byzantine Civil and Canon Law concerning Interest on Debts -- 5 Select Bibliography -- Appendix: A Schematic Approach to the Sources of Byzantine Law and Their Relations to Roman Law -- Index of Sources -- Index of Personal Names -- Index of Place names -- Index of Terms.