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Record Nr.

UNINA9910737382903321

Titolo

Roman law and maritime commerce / / edited by Peter Candy and Emilia Mataix Ferrándiz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, Scotland : , : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

1-3995-1879-8

1-4744-7816-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 pages)

Disciplina

340.54

Soggetti

Roman law

Justice, Administration of (Roman law)

Manners and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Illustrations -- List of Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Roman Law and Maritime Commerce -- Chapter 2 Aspects of the Origins of Roman Maritime Trade -- Chapter 3 Contingent Movement: Seafaring, Contracts and Law -- Chapter 4 Pirates’ Captives in Light of Roman Law -- Chapter 5 The Personal Infrastructure of Maritime Trade -- Chapter 6 On Dressel 20 and Beyond: Management, Punishment and Protection in the Context of Roman Imperial Oil Distribution -- Chapter 7 Roman Documentation Concerning Shipping in Bulk -- Chapter 8 Loans and Securities: Tracing Maritime Trade in the Archive of the Sulpicii -- Chapter 9 Credit for Carriage: TPSulp. 78 and P. Oxy. XLV 3250 -- Chapter 10 The Allocation of Risk in Carriage-by-Sea Contracts -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Bringing together specialists in ancient history, archaeology and Roman law, this book analyses the socio-legal framework within which maritime trade was conducted. In doing so, it presents a new understanding of the role played by legal and social institutions in the economy of the Roman world.