The laws of the Roman people : public law in the expansion and decline of the Roman republic / Callie Williamson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williamson, Callie.

Contributor:

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.

Series:

ACLS Humanities E-Book.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public law (Roman law).

Rome--Politics and government.

Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxviii, 506 p. ) maps ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

For hundreds of years, the Roman people produced laws in popular assemblies attended by tens of thousands of voters to publicly forge resolutions to issues that might otherwise have been unmanageable. Callie Williamson's book, The Law of the Roman People, finds that the key to Rome's survival and growth during the most formative period of empire, roughly 350 to 44 B.C.E., lies in its hitherto enigmatic public lawmaking assemblies which helped extend Roman influence and control. Williamson bases her rigorous and innovative work on the entire body of surviving laws preserved in ancient reports of proposed and enacted legislation from these public assemblies.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Tables

List of Maps

Abbreviations

Part One: Patterns and Process

1. Public Law in Rome

2. Presentation: Oratory and Law Drafts

3. Legitimization: Participants and Procedures

Part Two: The Expansion of Rome

4. The Conquest of Italy

5. Incorporation: Citizenship and Military Service

6. Convergence: The City of Rome

Part Three: The Decline of the Republic

7. A Roman Balance

8. Crisis and Restoration, 91-70

9. The Demise of Public Law, 69-44

Epilogue

Appendix A: Assembling and Processing Evidence

Appendix B: Representativeness of Compilation

Appendix C: List of Reliable Laws and Proposals by Year, Latin Name, and Subject, 350-25 BCE

Cited Works and Select Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 475-493) and index.

Description based on information from the publisher.

ISBN:

9786612593949

9781282593947

1282593943

9780472025428

0472025422

OCLC:

613205843