Law Archive
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Legally Bound: A Study of Women’s Legal Status in the Ancient Near East
Posted on January 26, 2012 | No CommentsThe above summary of an Old Assyrian marriage contract reflects a woman’s marital position within the ancient Near Eastern world. A young woman, and sometimes her fiancé, had little or no say in the betrothal process. -
The concept of law and justice in ancient Egypt, with specific reference to “The tale of the eloquent peasant”
Posted on November 20, 2011 | No CommentsThis thesis discusses the interaction between the concepts of ”justice” (ma'at) and ”law” (hpw) in ancient Egypt -
Luxury in Ancient Rome: Scope, Timing and Enforcement of Sumptuary Laws
Posted on October 16, 2011 | No CommentsLuxury in Ancient Rome: Scope, Timing and Enforcement of Sumptuary Laws By Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci and Anna E. Pliseck Paper given at the 20th Annual Meeting of the American Law and Economics... -
Roman anti-pagan legislation in theory and practice
Posted on August 5, 2011 | No CommentsRoman anti-pagan legislation in theory and practice By Edward Watts. Paper presented to the Indiana University Law and Society Workshop (2011) Introduction: My paper today concerns the Christianization of the Roman... -
Forbidden pleasures: sumptuary laws and the ideology of moral decline in Ancient Rome
Posted on May 31, 2011 | No CommentsForbidden pleasures: sumptuary laws and the ideology of moral decline in Ancient Rome By D.P. Miles PhD Dissertation, University College London, 1986 Abstract: This thesis investigates two important and related... -
Families and States: Citizenship and demography in the Greco-Roman world
Posted on April 13, 2011 | No CommentsFamilies and States: Citizenship and demography in the Greco-Roman world Hin, Saskia Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, January (2010) Abstract This paper investigates the interrelationship between states and families.... -
MARRIAGE IN THE ROMAN IMPERIAL PERIOD
Posted on April 13, 2011 | No CommentsMARRIAGE IN THE ROMAN IMPERIAL PERIOD Mantas, Konstantinos (Athens) POLIS, 11 (1999) Abstract Study of the philosophical texts produced during the early empire, especially the Stoic ones, suggests that a... -
Belief, fear, and manipulation: the intersection of religion and the Athenian legal system in the second half of the 5th century BCE
Posted on February 21, 2011 | No CommentsBelief, fear, and manipulation: the intersection of religion and the Athenian legal system in the second half of the 5th century BCE By Mariela Wibert Johansen Master’s Thesis, Simon Fraser... -
Roman judges, case law, and principles of procedure
Posted on December 14, 2010 | No CommentsRoman judges, case law, and principles of procedure By Ernest Metzger Law and History Review, Vol.22:2 (2004) Abstract: Roman law has been admired for a long time. Its admirers, in... -
Testamentary Officia and the Mother’s Identity in Ancient Roman Law
Posted on November 17, 2010 | No CommentsTestamentary Officia and the Mother’s Identity in Ancient Roman Law By Maria Elena Roccia Iris: Journal of the Classical Association of Victoria, Vol. 22 (2009) Introduction: In ancient Roman law, the...