The invention of law in the West / Aldo Schiavone ; translated by Jeremy Carden and Antony Shugaar.
The invention of law in the West / Aldo Schiavone ; translated by Jeremy Carden and Antony Shugaar.
The invention of law in the West / Aldo Schiavone ; translated by Jeremy Carden and Antony Shugaar.
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Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012.
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2012.
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G 2013/997
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Italian
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viii, 624 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Roman law and the modern West -- History rediscovered -- The jurists in Rome -- Origins -- Kings, priests, wise men -- Rituals and prescriptions -- The paradigm of the law -- The logos of the republic -- Ius civile and the praetors : the idea of fairness -- Orality and writing -- The problem of orde...
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Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012.
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Massachusetts
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2012.
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"Law is a specific form of social regulation distinct from religion, ethics, and even politics, and endowed with a strong and autonomous rationality. Its invention, a crucial aspect of Western history, took place in ancient Rome. Aldo Schiavone, a world-renowned classicist, reconstructs this development with clear-eyed passion, following its course...
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The invention of law in the West / Aldo Schiavone ; translated by Jeremy Carden and Antony Shugaar.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [465]-583) and indexes.
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Translated from the Italian.
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G 2013/997
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74VvxellMlEb
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0674047338 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780674047334 (cloth : alk. paper)
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340.54
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991016914899702626
