Law and Life of Rome, 90 B.C.a.D. 212 by J A Crook

Law and Life of Rome, 90 B.C.a.D. 212 by J A Crook

It is about Roman law in its social context, an attempt to strengthen the bridge between two spheres of discourse about ancient Rome by using the institutions of the law to enlarge understanding of the society and bringing the evidence of the social and economic facts to bear on the rules of law.

"The greatest service this book performs is to show how the civil law affected the Roman in his day-to-day activitiesProblems such as the relations between master and slave, wills, contracts, and other everyday matters receive full treatment and are illustrated by citations not only from the legal writers, but from actual cases. . . . Cook's versatile use of his material, both secondary and primary, is amazing. . . . A most valuable book which pulls together a vast amount of material not otherwise readily accessible in English into one manageable volume."—The Historian
"Here teachers of Roman law and history, as well as beginners in those fields, will find a clear elucidation of legal questions that present themselves to modern students. . . . Crook, writing in a direct and lucid manner, skillfully blends the multiplicity of topical materia into the fabric of the text in a way that produces coherence and integrity."—Classical Journal

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ISBN 13	9780801492730
ISBN 10	0801492734
Title	Law and Life of Rome, 90 B.C.a.D. 212
Author	J A Crook
Series	Aspects Of Greek And Roman Life
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cornell University Press
Year published	1984-06-28
Number of pages	352
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