Suchergebnisse

Divine law and the penalty of sacer esto in early Rome / Leon ter Beek -- Law and divination in the late Roman Republic / Federico Santangelo -- The curiate law and the religious nature of the power of Roman magistrates / Michel Humm -- Rationalizing religious practices : the pontifical calendar and the law / Jörg Rüpke -- The jurisdiction of the pontiffs at the end of the fourth century BC / Jan Hendrik Valgaeren -- The longevity of the Fetial college / Linda Zollschan -- Sacred law and civil law / Olga Tellegen-Couperus -- Control of the sacred in Roman law / James Rives -- The immortality of the soul and Roman law / Jan Willem Tellegen

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