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The historical and institutional context of Roman law / George Mousourakis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mousourakis, George.
- Series:
- Laws of the nations series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Roman law.
- Civil law--History.
- Civil law.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 462 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2003]
- Contents:
- Divisions of Roman Legal and Constitutional History 1
- Sources of Roman Legal History 6
- Fundamental Concepts and Distinctions 16
- 2 Monarchy and Early Republic 37
- Early Roman Society 40
- Economic Conditions 50
- Political Organisation of the Regal Period 52
- Social Developments during the Early Republic: the Conflict of the Orders 61
- The Roman Expansion in Italy 66
- 3 The Constitution of the Roman Republic 69
- The Senate 70
- The Magistrature 76
- The Popular Assemblies 102
- 4 The Archaic Period of Roman Law 115
- The Beginnings of Legislation 116
- The Interpretation 125
- The Administration of Justice: Civil Procedure 127
- The Criminal Law 139
- 5 The Later Republic 151
- The Roman Expansion in the Mediterranean World 151
- The Organisation of Italy and the Provinces 154
- Social and Economic Conditions 160
- The Breakdown of the Republic 169
- 6 The Pre-Classical Period of Roman Law 181
- Legislation 181
- The Edicts of the Magistrates 185
- Legal Science 188
- Custom 194
- The Administration of Justice: Civil Procedure 194
- Criminal Law and Procedure 222
- 7 The Principate 237
- The Coming of the Empire 237
- The Imperial Government 242
- The Republican Elements of the Constitution 250
- The Administration of Italy and the Provinces 257
- Social and Economic Conditions 267
- The Crisis of the Third Century 276
- 8 The Classical Period of Roman Law 279
- Sources of Law 280
- Classical Legal Science 289
- The Administration of Justice: Civil Procedure 306
- Criminal Law and Procedure 309
- 9 The Dominate 321
- The Reorganisation of the Imperial System 321
- Government and Civil Administration during the Later Empire 330
- The Administration of the Provinces 336
- Social and Economic Conditions 338
- The Demise of the Western Empire 345
- The Survival of the Empire in the East 346
- 10 The Post-Classical Period of Roman Law 349
- Imperial Legislation 350
- Custom 355
- The Jurists' Law 357
- The Administration of Justice 365
- Civil Procedure 367
- Criminal Law and Procedure 376
- The Germanic Codes of Roman Law 378
- The Codification of Justinian 381
- 11 The History of Roman Law after Justinian 397
- The Legislation of Justinian in the East: Byzantine Law 397
- The Later History of Roman Law in the West 410.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [447]-451) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0754621081
- 0754621146
- OCLC:
- 50090037
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