Law and Crime in the Roman World
by
Jill Harries
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Key Themes in Ancient History
ISBN-10
0521828201
ISBN-13
9780521828208
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 15th, 2007
Print length
160 Pages
Weight
380 grams
Dimensions
23.40 x 15.70 x 1.40 cms
Product Classification:
General & world historyAncient history: to c 500 CEGeneral and world historyAncient history
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Roman rules about crime were constantly influenced by wider moral and social attitudes. This book explains how crime was treated in the Roman legal tradition, but also examines topics such as the politicisation of corruption and treason, and ancient legal and social debates on sex, violence, murder and magic.
What was crime in ancient Rome? Was it defined by law or social attitudes? How did damage to the individual differ from offences against the community as a whole? This book explores competing legal and extra-legal discourses in a number of areas, including theft, official malpractice, treason, sexual misconduct, crimes of violence, homicide, magic and perceptions of deviance. It argues that court practice was responsive to social change, despite the ingrained conservatism of the legal tradition, and that judges and litigants were in part responsible for the harsher operation of justice in Late Antiquity. Consideration is also given to how attitudes to crime were shaped not only by legal experts but also by the rhetorical education and practices of advocates, and by popular and even elite indifference to the finer points of law.
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