Roman law before the Twelve Tables : an interdisciplinary approach /


edited by Sinclair W. Bell and Paul J. du Plessis.
Bok Engelsk 2020 · Electronic books.
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1 online resource (viii, 205 pages) : : digital, PDF file(s).
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Oct 2020).. - 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.. - 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.
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1-4744-4398-2. - 1-4744-8063-2

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