This much appreciated work traces the development and absorption of Roman Law into western European systems, the nature and practice of feudalism and customary law, and the growth of the canon law. The focus of the book gravitates naturally towards the heart of Europe, the Italian peninsular, France and Germany, but attention is also paid to the evolution of the Scottish and English systems.

European Legal History: Sources and Institutions

Robinson, O.F.

Legal History

Oxford University Press

Ancient Rome: City Planning and Administration

Rome was a huge city. Running it required not only public works and services but also specialised law. This innovative work traces the development of that law and system in the main areas of administration. The book incorporates and develops previous historical and topographical works by relating their findings to the Roman legal framework, building up a portrait of public administration, unusually comprehensive for the ancient world.

History

Ancient Civilizations

Routledge

The Sources of Roman Law: Problems and Methods for Ancient Historians (Approaching the Ancient World)

Computers & Technology

Programming Languages

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.

The Sources of Roman Law (Approaching the Ancient World)

Rome was a huge city. Running it required not only public works and services but also specialised law. This innovative work traces the development of that law and system in the main areas of administration. The book incorporates and develops previous historical and topographical works by relating their findings to the Roman legal framework, building up a portrait of public administration, unusually comprehensive for the ancient world.

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Penal Practice and Penal Policy in Ancient Rome

Using Roman literary and legal sources, this book assesses Roman penal policy through an in-depth examination of six high-profile criminal cases, ranging from the Bacchanalian trials in 186 BC to the trials for treason and magic in the fourth century. Identifying Roman attitudes to crime and punishment, this book brings out contrasts and developments in those attitudes. O.F. Robinson examines Roman criminal legislation (both that laid down by Justinian and that codified and confirmed by him) as well as Roman attitudes, both juristic and philosophical, to the purposes of punishment, including deterrence, retribution, reform, protection of the public and how they were modified over time. The author also discusses arguments for fixed as against flexible penalties, and the changes made in the actual punishments and in those to whom they were applied. This book is an essential tool for any specialist, student or researcher wishing to learn more about Roman values from their approach to crime and punishment

While the Romans lived in a society very different from our own, they shared the same fear of crime and the same hope that the law could control it. Ordinary citizens might be afraid of muggers or thieves; officials could abuse their powers or embezzle public monies; emperors feared plotters and were concerned to repress subversive ideas and doctrines. This book provides a comprehensive examination of substantive criminal law in Ancient Rome.

The Criminal Law of Ancient Rome

London : Duckworth

The book traces the development and reception of Roman law into Western European systems, the nature and practice of feudalism, the practice of canon law and the appearance of the ius commune throughout Europe. It also serves as an introduction to the growth of Scots, French and German law; English legal development is considered in its European context. Account is taken of the political, economic and cultural background to these legal developments; the story leads up to the codification of laws in the nineteenth century, and the foundations of those areas of modern law which have grown in response to trade unionism, the need for social security and desire for European harmonization.
'There is a need for a general survey of European legal history and this comprehensive study is a pioneering work, providing an introduction to the sources of European legal systems; from it the reader may proceed to a more detailed examination of comparative law or legal history.

Introduction to European Legal History

Butterworth-Heinemann

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European Legal History: Sources and Institutions

Ancient Rome: City Planning and Administration

The Sources of Roman Law: Problems and Methods for Ancient Historians (Approaching the Ancient World)

The Sources of Roman Law (Approaching the Ancient World)

Ancient Rome: City Planning and Administration

Penal Practice and Penal Policy in Ancient Rome

Penal Practice and Penal Policy in Ancient Rome

The Criminal Law of Ancient Rome

Introduction to European Legal History

Penal Practice and Penal Policy in Ancient Rome