The Criminal Law Of Ancient Rome

Author : O. F. Robinson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015035019549

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The Criminal Law of Ancient Rome by O. F. Robinson Pdf

Although the Romans lived in a society very different from ours, they were like us in fearing crime and in hoping to control it by means of the law. Ordinary citizens wanted protection from muggers in the streets or thieves at the public baths. They demanded laws to punish officials who abused power or embezzled public monies. Even emperors, who feared plotters and wanted to repress subversive ideas and doctrines, looked to the law for protection. In the first book in English to focus on the substantive criminal law of ancient Rome, O. F. Robinson offers a lively study of an essential aspect of Roman life and identity. Robinson begins with a discussion of the framework within which the law operated and the nature of criminal responsibility

Author : Richard A. Bauman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2002-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134823949

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Crime and Punishment in Ancient Rome by Richard A. Bauman Pdf

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : O. F Robinson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2007-03-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134117222

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Penal Practice and Penal Policy in Ancient Rome by O. F Robinson Pdf

First Published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : George Mousourakis
Publisher : Springer
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-02
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783319122687

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Roman Law and the Origins of the Civil Law Tradition by George Mousourakis Pdf

This unique publication offers a complete history of Roman law, from its early beginnings through to its resurgence in Europe where it was widely applied until the eighteenth century. Besides a detailed overview of the sources of Roman law, the book also includes sections on private and criminal law and procedure, with special attention given to those aspects of Roman law that have particular importance to today's lawyer. The last three chapters of the book offer an overview of the history of Roman law from the early Middle Ages to modern times and illustrate the way in which Roman law furnished the basis of contemporary civil law systems. In this part, special attention is given to the factors that warranted the revival and subsequent reception of Roman law as the ‘common law’ of Continental Europe. Combining the perspectives of legal history with those of social and political history, the book can be profitably read by students and scholars, as well as by general readers with an interest in ancient and early European legal history. The civil law tradition is the oldest legal tradition in the world today, embracing many legal systems currently in force in Continental Europe, Latin America and other parts of the world. Despite the considerable differences in the substantive laws of civil law countries, a fundamental unity exists between them. The most obvious element of unity is the fact that the civil law systems are all derived from the same sources and their legal institutions are classified in accordance with a commonly accepted scheme existing prior to their own development, which they adopted and adapted at some stage in their history. Roman law is both in point of time and range of influence the first catalyst in the evolution of the civil law tradition.

Author : Jill Harries
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2007-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0521828201

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Law and Crime in the Roman World by Jill Harries Pdf

What was crime in ancient Rome? Was it defined by law or social attitudes? How did damage to the individual differ from offences against the community as a whole? This 2007 book explores competing legal and extra-legal discourses in a number of areas, including theft, official malpractice, treason, sexual misconduct, crimes of violence, homicide, magic and perceptions of deviance. It argues that court practice was responsive to social change, despite the ingrained conservatism of the legal tradition, and that judges and litigants were in part responsible for the harsher operation of justice in Late Antiquity. Consideration is also given to how attitudes to crime were shaped not only by legal experts but also by the rhetorical education and practices of advocates, and by popular and even elite indifference to the finer points of law.

Author : Andrew M. Riggsby
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521687119

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Roman Law and the Legal World of the Romans by Andrew M. Riggsby Pdf

Andrew Riggsby provides a survey of the main areas of Roman law, and their place in Roman life.

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-04
Category : Law
ISBN : EAN:8596547240228

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The Twelve Tables by Anonymous Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Twelve Tables" by Anonymous. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Bart Wauters,Marco de Benito
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781786430762

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The History of Law in Europe by Bart Wauters,Marco de Benito Pdf

Comprehensive and accessible, this book offers a concise synthesis of the evolution of the law in Western Europe, from ancient Rome to the beginning of the twentieth century. It situates law in the wider framework of Europe’s political, economic, social and cultural developments.

Author : Thomas McGinn
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9780472118434

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Obligations in Roman Law by Thomas McGinn Pdf

Explores a fundamental building block of Roman life

Author : O. F. Robinson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2006-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134877768

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The Sources of Roman Law by O. F. Robinson Pdf

The notion and understanding of law penetrated society in Ancient Rome to a degree unparalleled in modern times. The poet Juvenal, for instance, described the virtuous man as a good soldier, faithful guardian, incorruptible judge and honest witness. This book is concerned with four central questions: Who made the law? Where did a Roman go to discover what the law was? How has the law survived to be known to us today? And what procedures were there for putting the law into effect? In The Sources of Roman Law, the origins of law and their relative weight are described in the light of developing Roman history. This is a topic that appeals to a wide range of readers: the law student will find illumination for the study of the substantive law; the student of history will be guided into an appreciation of what Roman law means as well as its value for the understanding and interpretation of Roman history. Both will find invaluable the description of how the sources have survived to inform our legal system and pose their problems for us.

Author : George Mousourakis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2007-08-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134131983

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A Legal History of Rome by George Mousourakis Pdf

This book equips both lawyer and historian with a complete history of Roman law, from its beginnings c.1000 BC through to its re-discovery in Europe where it was widely applied until the eighteenth century. Combining a law specialist’s informed perspective of legal history with a socio-political and cultural focus, it examines the sources of law, the ways in which these laws were applied and enforced, and the ways the law was influenced and progressed, with an exploration of civil and criminal procedures and special attention paid to legal science. The final chapter covers the history of Roman law in late antiquity and appraises the move towards the codification of law that culminated in the final statement of Roman law: the Corpus Iuris Civilis of Emperor Justinian. Throughout the book, George Mousourakis highlights the relationship between Roman law and Roman life by following the lines of the major historical developments. Including bibliographic references and organized accessibly by historical era, this book is an excellent introduction to the history of Roman law for students of both law and ancient history.

Author : Thomas A. J. McGinn
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2003-01-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198024866

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Prostitution, Sexuality, and the Law in Ancient Rome by Thomas A. J. McGinn Pdf

This is a study of the legal rules affecting the practice of female prostitution at Rome approximately from 200 B.C. to A.D. 250. It examines the formation and precise content of the legal norms developed for prostitution and those engaged in this profession, with close attention to their social context. McGinn's unique study explores the "fit" between the law-system and the socio-economic reality while shedding light on important questions concerning marginal groups, marriage, sexual behavior, the family, slavery, and citizen status, particularly that of women.

Author : Richard Robert Cherry
Publisher : London : Macmillan
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
ISBN : STANFORD:36105044379530

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Lectures on the Growth of Criminal Law in Ancient Communities by Richard Robert Cherry Pdf

Author : Judy E. Gaughan
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9780292721111

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Murder Was Not a Crime by Judy E. Gaughan Pdf

Embarking on a unique study of Roman criminal law, Judy Gaughan has developed a novel understanding of the nature of social and political power dynamics in republican government. Revealing the significant relationship between political power and attitudes toward homicide in the Roman republic, Murder Was Not a Crime describes a legal system through which families (rather than the government) were given the power to mete out punishment for murder. With implications that could modify the most fundamental beliefs about the Roman republic, Gaughan's research maintains that Roman criminal law did not contain a specific enactment against murder, although it had done so prior to the overthrow of the monarchy. While kings felt an imperative to hold monopoly over the power to kill, Gaughan argues, the republic phase ushered in a form of decentralized government that did not see itself as vulnerable to challenge by an act of murder. And the power possessed by individual families ensured that the government would not attain the responsibility for punishing homicidal violence. Drawing on surviving Roman laws and literary sources, Murder Was Not a Crime also explores the dictator Sulla's "murder law," arguing that it lacked any government concept of murder and was instead simply a collection of earlier statutes repressing poisoning, arson, and the carrying of weapons. Reinterpreting a spectrum of scenarios, Gaughan makes new distinctions between the paternal head of household and his power over life and death, versus the power of consuls and praetors to command and kill.

Author : David Johnston
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 555 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521895644

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The Cambridge Companion to Roman Law by David Johnston Pdf

This book reflects the wide range of current scholarship on Roman law, covering private, criminal and public law.