Law Archive
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Byzantine Intelligence Service
Posted on May 20, 2012 | No CommentsThe basis on which the successful administration of the Roman Empire at its zenith was built was the cursus publicus, or the state post. This organization also made the service of intelligence more effective. -
Cicero’s Pro Caelio and the Leges de VI of Rome in the Late Republic
Posted on April 29, 2012 | No CommentsAfter about 2000 years of investigation, much of the legal machinery of the Roman Late Republic remains poorly understood. The following work brings this issue into focus through the lens of the Pro Caelio, a defense speech that Cicero delivered (and later revised for publication) for the trial of Marcus Caelius Rufus in April of 56 B.C. -
The Origin and Failure of Roman Sumptuary Laws
Posted on February 18, 2012 | No CommentsThe Romans were not the first civilization to enact sumptuary laws; like much of their culture, they observed this first in Greek society. -
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...