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The God and the bureaucrat : Roman law, imperial sovereignty, and other stories / Zachary Herz (University of Colorado, Boulder).
Van Pelt Library KJA147 .H478 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Herz, Zachary, Author.
- Series:
- Studies in legal history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Roman law--History.
- Roman law.
- Roman law--Political aspects.
- Storytelling--Political aspects.
- Storytelling.
- Rhetoric--Political aspects.
- Rhetoric.
- Law--Political aspects.
- Rome (Empire).
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 403 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- "This book offers a wholly new theory of how Roman law operates as a medium for political storytelling, in both ancient and modern contexts"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Augustus and the birth of imperial legality
- The emperors who obeyed the law : Vespasian, Titus, Trajan
- Letters from a god : Hadrian and the rescript system
- Inheritance, authority, and Alexander
- Juristic reasoning, citational practices, and law at the end of an empire
- Towards late-antique legalities
- The embodiment of the civil law.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-397) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version Herz, Zachary God and the bureaucrat
- ISBN:
- 9781009629959
- 1009629956
- 9781009629935
- 100962993X
- OCLC:
- 1501561785
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000254638
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