Law, Society and Authority in Late Antiquity

by: Mathisen, R.W.

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Law, Society, and Authority in Late Antiquity
Edited by Ralph W. Mathisen
Examines the relationship between society and the law in the context of the newly emerging kinds of authority in Late Antiquity
Accessible to non-specialists

Description
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).

Table of Contents
The survival of Roman Family Law after the Barbarian Settlement, Arjava
Spoiling the Egyptians: Roman Law and Christian Exegesis in Late Antiquity, Clark
Judicial Violence and the Ecclesiastical Courts in Late Antique North Africa, Dossey
The Development of Syriac Christian Canon Law in the Sassanian Empire, Erhart
Lawyers and Historians in Late Antiquity, Greatrex
Virgins and Widows, Show-girls and Whores: Late Roman Legislation on Women and Christianity, Evans Grubbs
Resolving Disputes: The Frontiers of Law in Late Antiquity, Harries
The Legacy of Roman Law in Post-Roman Britain, Jones
Evidence for the Audientia Episcopalis in the New Letters of Augustine, Lenski
Imperial Honorifics and Senatorial Status in Late Roman Legal Documents, Mathisen
Interpreting the Interpretationes of the Breviarium, Matthews
Salic Law and Barbarian Diet., Pearson
Canonists Construct the Nun?: Church Law and Wonen's Monastic Practice in Merovingian France, Peyroux
The Farmer, the Landlord, and the Law in the Fifth Century, Sirks
Why not Marry a Jew? Jewish-Christian Marital Frontiers in Late Antiquity, Sivan
Lex and Iussio: The Feriale Campanum and Christianity in the Theodosian Age, Trout

Law, Society and Authority in Late Antiquity

by: Mathisen, R.W.

• ISBN-13: 9780199240326 / 978-0-19-924032-6
• ISBN-03: 0199240329 / 0-19-924032-9
• Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001

Price: 149,00 EURO

1 copy in stock