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Law and Empire in Late Antiquity

Harries Jill

Law and Empire in Late Antiquity - Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1999 - 235p vii

Table of contents
Title Page *
Content v
Preface vii
Introduction 1
1 - The Law of Late Antiquity 6
2 - Making the Law 36
3 - The Construction of Authority 56
4 - The Efficacy of Law 77
5 - In Court 99
6 - Crime and the Problem of Pain 118
7 - Punishment 135
8 - The Corrupt Judge 153
9 - Dispute Settlement I: Out of Court 172
10 - Dispute Settlement Ii: Episcopalis Audientia 191
Conclusion 212
Bibliography 217
Index 227



1. Legal History - Rome2. Administration of Justice - Imperial Rome

340.09 HAR / HAR