Reset Filters
Language: Multiple

Cover is for reference only

Law, language, and empire in the roman tradition /

Law, Language, and Empire in the Roman Tradition demonstrates how Roman civil law functioned as an instrument of empire by tracking its application to the challenges of governing diverse and distant people.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ando, Clifford
Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press,
Publisher Address: Philadelphia, Pa. :
Publication Dates: [2011]
©2011
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Empire and after
Subjects:
International law (Roman law)
Public law (Roman law)
Roman law > Language.
Roman law > Methodology.
Ancient History.
Classical Studies.
Recht.
HISTORY > Ancient > Rome.
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812204889
http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9780812204889.jpg
Summary: Law, Language, and Empire in the Roman Tradition demonstrates how Roman civil law functioned as an instrument of empire by tracking its application to the challenges of governing diverse and distant people.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (184 pages) : illustrations.
ISBN: 9780812204889
Index Number: KJA190
CLC: D904.1
Contents: Frontmatter --
Contents --
Preface --
Chapter 1. Citizen and Alien before the Law --
Chapter 2. Law s Empire --
Chapter 3. Empire and the Laws of War --
Chapter 4. Sovereignty and Solipsism in Democratic Empires --
Chapter 5. Domesticating Domination --
Appendix. Work-arounds in Roman Law: The Fiction and Its Kin --
Notes --
Bibliography --
Index --
Acknowledgments.

Related Book Recommendations