The Sources of Roman Law: Problems and Methods for Ancient Historians (Approaching the Ancient World) - Hardcover

Robinson, O. F.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415089948 ISBN 13: 9780415089944

Verlag: Routledge, 1996

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This book is concerned with four questions: Who made the law? Where did a Roman go to discover what the law was? How has the law survived to be known to us today? And what procedures were there for putting the law into effect?

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O.F.Robinson, Reader in Law at the University of Glasgow, is a Roman lawyer and legal historian. She has published widely on Roman criminal and administrative law and is the author of Ancient Rome: City Planning and Administration (1992) and The Criminal Law of Ancient Rome (1995).

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This book is concerned with four central questions: Who made law? Where did a Roman go to discover what the law was? How has the law survived to be known to us today? And what procedures were there for putting the law into effect? In The Sources of Roman Law, the origins of law and their relative weight are described in the light of developing Roman history. This is a topic that appeals to a wide range of readers. The law student will find illumination for the study of the substantive law. The student of history will be guided into an appreciation of what Roman law means, as well as its value for the understanding and interpretation of Roman history. Both will find invaluable the description of how the sources have survived to inform our legal system and pose their problems for us.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0415089948
• ISBN 13: 9780415089944
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 168
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