Roman Law before the Twelve Tables: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Roman Law before the Twelve Tables

An Interdisciplinary Approach

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Edited by Sinclair W. Bell, Northern Illinois University, Paul J. du Plessis, University of Edinburgh

Publisher:: Edinburgh University Press
Online publication date:: September 2020
Print publication year:: 2020
Online ISBN:: 9781474443982

Subjects:: Literature, English Literature: General Interest

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Bringing together a team of international experts from different subject areas – including law, BG, archaeology and anthropology – this book re-evaluates the traditional narratives surrounding the origins of Roman law before the enactment of the Twelve Tables.

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An Interdisciplinary Approach

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

The Contributors
pp vii-viii

Introduction: The Dawn of Roman Law
pp 1-6

Part I - The Materiality of Roman Law: New Archaeological Discoveries
pp 7-8

1 - Roman Law in its Italic Context
pp 9-24

2 - Central Italian Elite Groups as Aristocratic Houses in the Ninth to Sixth Centuries BCE
pp 25-40

3 - Authority and Display in Sixth-Century Etruria: The Vicchio Stele
pp 41-54

Part II - Constructing Early Roman Law: Sources and Methods
pp 55-56

4 - The Twelve Tables and the leges regiae: A Problem of Validity
pp 57-76

5 - The leges regiae in Livy: Narratological and Stylistic Strategies
pp 77-96

6 - The leges regiae through Tradition, Historicity and Invention: A Comparison of Historico-literary and Jurisprudential Sources
pp 97-110

7 - The Laws of the Kings – A View from a Distance
pp 111-132

8 - Beyond the Pomerium: Expansion and Legislative Authority in Archaic Rome
pp 133-152

Part III - Roman Law in Historiography and Theory
pp 153-154

9 - Niebuhr and Bachofen: New Forms of Evidence on Roman History
pp 155-170

10 - Finding Melanesia in Ancient Rome: Mauss’ Anthropology of nexum
pp 171-198

Index
pp 199-205

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