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Approaching the subject of late Roman law from the perspective of legal practice revealed in courtroom processes, Caroline Humfress argues for a vibrant culture of forensic argumentation in late antiquity - which included Christian controversies concerning 'heresy' and 'orthodoxy', revealing its far-reaching effects on theological debate

"The first volume of its kind in the field of comparative ancient legal history. Written in an accessible and clear-cut style by a collaborative team of world-renowned scholars, it provides general and specialist audiences with a fresh, original, framework for exploring key themes and concepts in ancient law and history"--

Preliminary Material -- Introduction /Jeroen Duindam , Jill Harries , Caroline Humfress and Nimrod Hurvitz -- Law, Authority and Legitimacy in the Athenian Empire /Polly Low -- Roman Law from City State to World Empire /Jill Harries -- Laws, Bureaucrats, and Imperial Women in China's Early Empires /Karen Gottschang Turner -- The Ruler and Law Making in the Ottoman Empire /Engin Deniz Akarlı -- The Early Modern Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (1495–1806): A Multi-Layered Legal System /Karl Härter -- The Contribution of Early Islamic Rulers to Adjudication and Legislation: The Case of the Mazalim Tribunals /Nimrod Hurvitz -- Charlemagne and the Government of the Frankish Countryside /Carine van Rhijn -- The Law Factor in Ottoman-Crimean Tatar Relations in the Early Modern Period /Natalia Królikowska -- Qing Imperial Justice? The Case of Li Shiyao /R. Kent Guy -- Thinking through Legal Pluralism: 'Forum shopping' in the Later Roman Empire /Caroline Humfress -- Leges Nationum and Ethnic Personality of Law in Charlemagne's Empire /Peter Hoppenbrouwers -- Non-Muslims and Ottoman Justice(s?) /Antonis Anastasopoulos -- Royal Grace, Royal Punishment: Ceremonial Entries and the Pardoning of Criminals in France, c. 1440–1560 /Neil Murphy -- Divine Violence to Uphold Moral Values: The Casebook of an Emperor Guan Temple in Hunan Province in 1851–1852 /Barend J. ter Haar -- Index.

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgement -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- Part I Perspectives on Roman Legal Thought -- 2. Why Read the Jurists? Aulus Gellius on Reading Across Disciplines -- 3. Artes Urbanae: Roman Law and Rhetoric -- 4. The Senatus Consultum Silanianum: Court Decisions and Judicial Severity in the Early Roman Empire -- Part II Interactions between Legal Theory and Legal Practice -- 5. Law's Empire: Roman Universalism and Legal Practice -- 6. The Concept of Conubium in the Roman Republic -- 7. Financial Transactions by Women in Puteoli -- 8. Tapia's Banquet Hall and Eulogios' Cell: Transfer of Ownership as a Security in Some Late Byzantine Papyri -- Part III Economic Realities and Law -- 9. Law, Agency and Growth in the Roman Economy -- 10. Dumtaxat de peculio: What's in a Peculium, or Establishing the Extent of the Principal's Liability -- 11. Pipes and Property in the Sale of Real Estate (D.19.1.38.2) -- Part IV Concluding Thoughts -- 12. The Standpoint Determines the View: Jacques Barzun's Theory of Aspect -- Index