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Preliminary Material /C.M. Radding and A. Ciaralli -- Chapter One. Paleography And History /C.M. Radding and A. Ciaralli -- Chapter Two. The Corpus Iuris Civilis In The Early Middle Ages /C.M. Radding and A. Ciaralli -- Chapter Three. The Period Of Rediscovery /C.M. Radding and A. Ciaralli -- Chapter Four. Justinian'S Institutes /C.M. Radding and A. Ciaralli -- Chapter Five. Justinian'S Code /C.M. Radding and A. Ciaralli -- Chapter Six. Justinian'S Digest /C.M. Radding and A. Ciaralli -- Conclusion /C.M. Radding and A. Ciaralli -- Appendix /C.M. Radding and A. Ciaralli -- Bibliography /C.M. Radding and A. Ciaralli -- Plates /C.M. Radding and A. Ciaralli -- General Index /C.M. Radding and A. Ciaralli -- Index Of Manuscripts Cited /C.M. Radding and A. Ciaralli.

The sixteen papers in this volume investigate the links between law and society during Late Antiquity (260-640 CE). On the one hand, they consider how social changes such as the barbarian settlement and the rise of the Christian church resulted in the creation of new sources of legal authority, such as local and 'vulgar' law, barbarian law codes, and canon law. On the other, they investigate the interrelationship between legal innovations and social change, for the very process of creating new law and new authority either resulted from or caused changes in the society in which it occurred. The studies in this volume discuss interactions between legal theory and practice, the Greek east and the Roman west, secular and ecclesiastical, Roman and barbarian, male and female, and Christian and non-Christian (including pagans, Jews, and Zoroastrians).

Freed from the familial and social obligations incumbent on the living, the Roman testator could craft his will to be a literal ""last judgment"" on family, friends, and society. The Romans were fascinated by the contents of wills, believing the will to be a mirror of the testator's true character and opinions. The wills offer us a unique view of the individual Roman testator's world. Just as classicists, ancient historians, and legal historians will find a mi.