Roman law
Roman law
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The Right of Sovereignty: Jean Bodin on the Sovereign State and the Law of Nations
£75.40This book examines the origins of the principle of sovereignty in the legal and political thought of its most influential theorist, Jean Bodin. It explores Bodin's creative synthesis of classical sources in philosophy, history, and the medieval legal science of Roman and canon law in crafting the rules governing state-centric politics. Learn MorePublication date 01 August 2021
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The Renaissance of Roman Colonization: Carlo Sigonio and the Making of Legal Colonial Discourse
£75.40Bringing together experts on Roman history, the history of classical scholarship, and the history of international law, this book analyzes the context, making, and impact of the great Italian Renaissance scholar Carlo Sigonio (1522/3-84) and his reconstruction of the Roman colonial model. Learn MorePublication date 26 November 2020
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Borkowski's Textbook on Roman Law
£40.50Borkowski's Textbook on Roman Law provides a thorough and engaging overview of Roman private law and civil procedure. It is the ideal course companion for undergraduate Roman law courses, combining clear, comprehensible language and a wide range of supportive learning features with the most important sources of Roman law. Learn MorePublication date 04 May 2020
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Priests of the Law: Roman Law and the Making of the Common Law's First Professionals
£66.00This book examines the development of legal professionalism in the early English common law, with specific reference to the 13th-century treatise known as Bracton and to its likely authors. Learn MorePublication date 21 November 2019
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Courage in the Democratic Polis
£24.50In this careful and compelling study, Ryan K. Balot brings together political theory, classical history, and ancient philosophy in order to re-conceive of courage as a specifically democratic virtue. Learn MorePublication date 05 July 2018
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Localized Law: The Babatha and Salome Komaise Archives
£71.65Localized Law examines the legal archives of Babatha and Salome Komaise, which offer a window onto the practice of law in Maoza as it came under the control of the Roman Empire. A series of case studies of the various agents involved in the legal transactions illuminates the legal culture of this community and its practice of law and justice. Learn MorePublication date 05 January 2017
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The Emperor of Law: The Emergence of Roman Imperial Adjudication
£103.70The Emperor of Law explores how the Roman emperor came to assume the mantle of supreme legal authority in the Empire. It offers a fundamental reinterpretation of the advent of imperial supremacy in law based on an analysis of the gradual expansion and elaboration of the emperor's adjudication and jurisdiction through historical narratives. Learn MorePublication date 24 November 2016
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The Roman Law of Obligations
£23.55The Roman Law of Obligations presents a series of lectures delivered by the late Peter Birks as an introductory course in Roman law. Discovered in complete manuscript form following his death, the lectures are published here for the first time. Learn MorePublication date 21 June 2016
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Popular Sovereignty in Early Modern Constitutional Thought
£69.75Examining the intellectual origins of the constitutional doctrine of 'popular sovereignty', this book explores the importance of Roman law as a chief source of modern constitutional thought. Learn MorePublication date 18 February 2016
By Oxford University Press -
Ownership and Exploitation of Land and Natural Resources in the Roman World
£84.85This volume focuses on how the institutional set-up, or structure, of the Roman Empire positively or negatively affected economic performance. Learn MorePublication date 02 July 2015
By Oxford University Press -
The Oxford History of the Roman World
£16.00In less than fifty-three years, Rome subjected most of the known world to its rule. Written by a team of specialist scholars, this book traces the rise of Rome from its origins as a cluster of villages to the foundation of the Empire and its consolidation in the first two centuries CE. Learn MorePublication date 27 September 2001
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Feodalites et droits savants dans le Midi medieval
£108.40A collection of 16 studies in French, with additional notes, on the interaction of legal theory and feudal practices and structures in Southern France during the 11th-14th centuries. The text pays particular attention to the influence of the revival of the schools of Roman law. Learn MorePublication date 30 April 1992
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The Elements of Roman Law
£32.95Roman law is the foundation of all European legal systems. Lee's Elements of Roman Law was first published in 1944, and the fourth edition, now reprinted, appeared in 1956. After a brief introductionthe book comprises a title by title translation of the Institutes of Justinian together with an exposition of each topic. Learn MorePublication date 23 January 1986
By Sweet & Maxwell Ltd
