Roman Law and the Legal World of the Romans

Informationen zum Autor Andrew Riggsby is Professor of Classics and of Art and Art History at the University of Texas, Austin. He is the author of Crime and Community in Ciceronian Rome and Caesar in Gaul and Rome: War in Words, which received the Association of American Publishers Professional Scholarly Publishing Division Award for Excellence in Classics and Ancient History in 2006. Klappentext Andrew Riggsby provides a survey of the main areas of Roman law! and their place in Roman life. Zusammenfassung In this book! Andrew Riggsby surveys the main areas of Roman law and their place in Roman life. With an emphasis on broad! basic concepts! this introductory book is an ideal starting point for students with little or no prior knowledge of legal matters or Roman antiquity. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Roman history - the brief version; 3. Sources of Roman law; 4. Sources for Roman law; 5. The legal professions; 6. Legal education; 7. Social control; 8. Legal (in)equality; 9. Writing and the law; 10. Status; 11. Civil procedure; 12. Contract; 13. Ownership and possession; 14. Other rights over property; 15. Inheritance; 16. Women and property; 17. Family law; 18. Delict; 19. Crimes and punishments; 20. Religious law; 21. Law in the provinces; 22. Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew M. Riggsby, Andrew M. (University of Texas Riggsby, Riggsby Andrew M.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.06.2010
• EAN: 9780521867511
• ISBN: 978-0-521-86751-1
• No. of pages: 294
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, LAW / General, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Roman law, Systems of law: Roman law