Law and enforcement in Ptolemaic Egypt / John Bauschatz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bauschatz, John, 1975- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ptolemaic dynasty, 305-30 B.C.

Ptolemaic dynasty.

Law enforcement--Egypt--History--To 1500.

Law enforcement.

Police--Egypt--History--To 1500.

Police.

Criminal justice, Administration of (Egyptian law).

Egypt--History--332-30 B.C.

Egypt.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 415 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Law & Enforcement in Ptolemaic Egypt

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the activities of a broad array of police officers in Ptolemaic Egypt (323-30 BC) and argues that Ptolemaic police officials enjoyed great autonomy, providing assistance to even the lowest levels of society when crimes were committed. Throughout the nearly 300 years of Ptolemaic rule, victims of crime in all areas of the Egyptian countryside called on local police officials to investigate crimes; hold trials; and arrest, question and sometimes even imprison wrongdoers. Drawing on a large body of textual evidence for the cultural, social and economic interactions between state and citizen, John Bauschatz demonstrates that the police system was efficient, effective, and largely independent of central government controls. No other law enforcement organization exhibiting such a degree of autonomy and flexibility appears in extant evidence from the rest of the Greco-Roman world.

Contents:

Introduction (The place of police)

The officer corps: police administration and hierarchy I: the Phylakitai

The officer corps: police administration and hierarchy II: civil and military police

Agents of appeal: petitions and responses

Busting and booking: arrest, investigation, detention, resolution

The strong arm of the law: security and muscle

Conclusion.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-139-89174-X

1-107-42451-8

1-107-42255-8

1-316-62550-8

1-107-41940-9

1-107-42061-X

1-139-58377-8

1-107-41675-2

1-107-41813-5

OCLC:

863821793