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Petitions, litigation, and social control in Roman Egypt / Benjamin Kelly.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kelly, Benjamin, author.
- Series:
- Oxford studies in ancient documents.
- Oxford studies in ancient documents
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Justice, Administration of (Roman law).
- Actions and defenses (Roman law).
- Social control--Egypt--History--To 1500.
- Social control.
- Egyptian law.
- Criminal law--Egypt--History.
- Criminal law.
- Arsinoite Nome (Egypt).
- Egypt--Social life and customs--To 332 B.C.
- Egypt.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 427 p.) : ill., maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Through the analysis of legal documents surviving on papyrus such as petitions, reports of court proceedings & letters, this text examines the contribution that petitioning & litigation made to the maintenance of the social order in Roman Egypt between 30 BC & AD 284, & focuses on how the legal system achieved its formal goals.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Petitions and social history
- Legal control in Roman Egypt
- Who used the justice system?
- Political ideologies in the legal realm
- Hierarchy and group solidarity
- Private dispute resolution and the shadow of the law
- Vexatious and vexing litigation
- Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Brooklyn Note 23 on page 252 refers to a Brooklyn papyrus.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [381]-404) and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-161887-X
- OCLC:
- 776943822
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