Petitions, Litigation, and Social Control in Roman Egypt

Informationen zum Autor Benjamin Kelly is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at York University, Toronto. He was previously a lecturer in the History Program of the Australian National University. Klappentext Through the analysis of legal documents surviving on papyrus, such as petitions, reports of court proceedings, and letters, this book examines the contribution that petitioning and litigation made to the maintenance of the social order in Roman Egypt between 30 BC and AD 284, and focuses on how the legal system achieved its formal goals. Zusammenfassung Through the analysis of legal documents surviving on papyrus, such as petitions, reports of court proceedings, and letters, this book examines the contribution that petitioning and litigation made to the maintenance of the social order in Roman Egypt between 30 BC and AD 284, and focuses on how the legal system achieved its formal goals. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Notes for Readers Glossary Maps 1: Introduction 2: Petitions and Social History 3: Legal Control in Roman Egypt 4: Who used the justice system? 5: Political Ideologies in the Legal Realm 6: Hierarchy and Group Solidarity 7: Private Dispute Resolution and the Shadow of the Law 8: Vexatious and Vexing Litigation 9: Conclusion Appendix I: Petitions Involving Disputes Appendix II: Petitions without Disputes Appendix III: Reports of Proceedings Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Benjamin Kelly, Benjamin (Assistant Professor Kelly, Kelly Benjamin
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2011
• EAN: 9780199599615
• ISBN: 978-0-19-959961-5
• No. of pages: 427
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 216 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Oxford Studies in Ancient Documents; Oxford Studies in Ancient Docu; Oxford Studies in Ancient Documents; Oxford Studies in Ancient Docu
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt, HISTORY / Civilization, LAW / Legal History, Ancient Rome, Legal History, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Ancient Egypt, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory