Law in the Roman Provinces

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-0-19-884408-2
Verlag: Sydney University Press

Buch, Englisch, 540 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 954 g

Reihe: Oxford Studies in Roman Society & Law

The study of the Roman Empire has changed dramatically in the last century, with significant emphasis now placed on understanding the experiences of subject populations, rather than a sole focus on the Roman imperial elites. Local experiences, and interactions between periphery and centre, are an intrinsic component in our understanding of the empire's function over and against the earlier, top-down model. But where does law fit into this new, decentralized picture
of empire?

This volume brings together internationally renowned scholars from both legal and historical backgrounds to study the operation of law in each region of the Roman Empire, from Britain to Egypt, from the first century BCE to the end of the third century CE. Regional specificities are explored in detail alongside the emergence of common themes and activities in a series of case studies that together reveal a new and wide-ranging picture of law in the Roman Empire, balancing the practicalities of
regional variation with the ideological constructs of law and empire.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Czajkowski, Kimberley

Eckhardt, Benedikt

Strothmann, Meret

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike

Über Autor(innen)

Kimberley Czajkowski is a Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Edinburgh. Her main research interests are the Roman Near East, Roman legal history, and the history of the Jewish people under the Roman Empire.

Benedikt Eckhardt is a Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Edinburgh. Before joining the department in 2018, he studied and worked at several German universities. His two main research areas are the Hellenistic Near East and the organizational history of the Roman Empire.

Meret Strothmann is a Lecturer in Ancient History at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum. She has wide-ranging interests in the history of the Roman Empire, though has recently focused on religious history and late antiquity.