Benjamin Kelly

Petitions, Litigation, and Social Control in Roman Egypt

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Through the analysis of legal documents surviving on papyrus, such as petitions, reports of court proceedings, and letters, this book examines the contribution that petitioning and litigation made to the maintenance of the social order in Roman Egypt between 30 BC and AD 284, and focuses on how the legal system achieved its formal goals.

Produktdetails

• Oxford Studies in Ancient Docu
• Verlag: Prairie Wind Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 151mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 737g
• ISBN-13: 9780199599615
• ISBN-10: 0199599610
• Artikelnr.: 33252531

Autorenporträt

Benjamin Kelly is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at York University, Toronto. He was previously a lecturer in the History Program of the Australian National University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Notes for Readers
Glossary
Maps
1: Introduction
2: Petitions and Social History
3: Legal Control in Roman Egypt
4: Who used the justice system?
5: Political Ideologies in the Legal Realm
6: Hierarchy and Group Solidarity
7: Private Dispute Resolution and the Shadow of the Law
8: Vexatious and Vexing Litigation
9: Conclusion
Appendix I: Petitions Involving Disputes
Appendix II: Petitions without Disputes
Appendix III: Reports of Proceedings
Bibliography
Index