Roman law before the Twelve Tables : an interdisciplinary approach / edited by Sinclair W. Bell and Paul J. du Plessis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bell, Sinclair W., Author.

Contributor:

Bell, Sinclair, editor.

du Plessis, Paul J., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Roman law--History.

Roman law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 205 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2020.

Summary:

Bringing together a team of international experts from different subject areas - including law, history, archaeology and anthropology - this book re-evaluates the traditional narratives surrounding the origins of Roman law before the enactment of the Twelve Tables.

Contents:

Intro

The Contributors

Introduction: The Dawn of Roman Law

Part I The Materiality of Roman Law: New Archaeological Discoveries

1. Roman Law in its Italic Context

2. Central Italian Elite Groups as Aristocratic Houses in the Ninth to Sixth Centuries BCE

3. Authority and Display in Sixth-Century Etruria: The Vicchio Stele

Part II Constructing Early Roman Law: Sources and Methods

4. The Twelve Tables and the leges regiae: A Problem of Validity

5. The leges regiae in Livy: Narratological and Stylistic Strategies

6. The leges regiae through Tradition, Historicity and Invention: A Comparison of Historico-literary and Jurisprudential Sources

7. The Laws of the Kings - A View from a Distance

8. Beyond the Pomerium: Expansion and Legislative Authority in Archaic Rome

Part III Roman Law in Historiography and Theory

9. Niebuhr and Bachofen: New Forms of Evidence on Roman History

10. Finding Melanesia in Ancient Rome: Mauss' Anthropology of nexum

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Oct 2020).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781474480635

1474480632

9781474443982

1474443982

OCLC:

1150170371