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Litigation in Roman law / Ernest Metzger. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Metzger, Ernest.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Actions and defenses (Roman law).
- Bail (Roman law).
- Joinder of issue (Roman law).
- Civil procedure (Roman law).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 213 p. )
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Examining a wealth of new evidence, Metzger paints a picture of litigation under Roman law that is far less polite and orderly than that commonly held till now. He also examines how the rules of procedure coped with the typical pretrial delays that the Roman system, and indeed any legal system, faces.
- Contents:
- Bail
- Bail in Cicero
- Bail in Herculaneum and Puteoli
- How cases are postponed
- Returning after a postponement
- Giving notice of the postponement
- Three cases
- Concluding remarks on Roman litigation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-206) and indexes.
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-170752-X
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