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Roman law and maritime commerce / edited by Peter Candy and Emilia Mataix Ferrándiz.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Roman law.
- Justice, Administration of (Roman law).
- Manners and customs.
- Genre:
- Book
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (217 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh, Scotland : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- Summary:
- Bringing together specialists in ancient history, archaeology and Roman law, this book analyses the socio-legal framework within which maritime trade was conducted. In doing so, it presents a new understanding of the role played by legal and social institutions in the economy of the Roman world.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Illustrations
- List of Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Introduction: Roman Law and Maritime Commerce
- Chapter 2 Aspects of the Origins of Roman Maritime Trade
- Chapter 3 Contingent Movement: Seafaring, Contracts and Law
- Chapter 4 Pirates’ Captives in Light of Roman Law
- Chapter 5 The Personal Infrastructure of Maritime Trade
- Chapter 6 On Dressel 20 and Beyond: Management, Punishment and Protection in the Context of Roman Imperial Oil Distribution
- Chapter 7 Roman Documentation Concerning Shipping in Bulk
- Chapter 8 Loans and Securities: Tracing Maritime Trade in the Archive of the Sulpicii
- Chapter 9 Credit for Carriage: TPSulp. 78 and P. Oxy. XLV 3250
- Chapter 10 The Allocation of Risk in Carriage-by-Sea Contracts
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- CC BY-NC
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781399518796
- 1399518798
- 9781474478168
- 1474478166
- 9781474478151
- 1474478158
- 9781474478144
- 147447814X
- OCLC:
- 1323252603
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