Roman law and maritime commerce / / edited by Peter Candy and Emilia Mataix Ferrándiz.

• TeilnehmendeR: Mataix Ferrándiz, Emilia,; Candy, Peter
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh, Scotland : : Edinburgh University Press,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (217 pages)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Illustrations --; List of Contributors --; Abbreviations --; Chapter 1 Introduction: Roman Law and Maritime Commerce --; Chapter 2 Aspects of the Origins of Roman Maritime Trade --; Chapter 3 Contingent Movement: Seafaring, Contracts and Law --; Chapter 4 Pirates’ Captives in Light of Roman Law --; Chapter 5 The Personal Infrastructure of Maritime Trade --; Chapter 6 On Dressel 20 and Beyond: Management, Punishment and Protection in the Context of Roman Imperial Oil Distribution --; Chapter 7 Roman Documentation Concerning Shipping in Bulk --; Chapter 8 Loans and Securities: Tracing Maritime Trade in the Archive of the Sulpicii --; Chapter 9 Credit for Carriage: TPSulp. 78 and P. Oxy. XLV 3250 --; Chapter 10 The Allocation of Risk in Carriage-by-Sea Contracts --; Index
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1399518798; 1474478166
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Peter Candy and Emilia Mataix Ferrándiz.

Bringing together specialists in ancient history, archaeology and Roman law, this book analyses the socio-legal framework within which maritime trade was conducted. In doing so, it presents a new understanding of the role played by legal and social institutions in the economy of the Roman world.