Law and power in the making of the Roman commonwealth / Luigi Capogrossi Colognesi ; translated by Laura Kopp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Capogrossi Colognesi, Luigi, author.

Standardized Title:

Diritto e potere nella storia di Roma. English

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Constitutional history--Rome.

Constitutional history.

Rome--Politics and government.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

Politics and government.

Political science.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 370 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

English language edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Summary:

"With a broad chronological sweep, this book provides an historical account of Roman law and legal institutions which explains how they were created and modified in relation to political developments and changes in power relations. It underlines the constant tension between two central aspects of Roman politics: the aristocratic nature of the system of government, and the drive for increased popular participation in decision-making and the exercise of power. The traditional balance of power underwent a radical transformation under Augustus, with new processes of integration and social mobility brought into play. Professor Capogrossi Colognesi brings into sharp relief the deeply political nature of the role of Roman juridical science as an expression of aristocratic politics and discusses the imperial jurists' fundamental contribution to the production of an outline theory of sovereignity and legality which would constitute, together with Justinian's gathering of Roman legal knowledge, the most substantial legacy of Rome"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The genesis of a political community

The Etruscans

From monarchy to republic

Rome's republican institutions

Toward Italian hegemony

An aristocracy of government

The evolution of Roman law and jurisprudence

Rome's Mediterranean hegemony : new horizons in the 3rd century BC

The reforms of the Gracchi and the crisis of the Roman ruling class

Sulla's attempted restoration and the twilight of the republic

Civil war

Augustus : the construction of a new institutional system

The architecture of governance

The imperial order at its height

The law and the princeps

An empire of cities

The conclusion of a long journey.

Notes:

Translated from the Italian.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781107071971

1107071976

OCLC:

871187056

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