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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820265803321

Autore

Bauman Richard A

Titolo

Crime and punishment in ancient Rome / / Richard A. Bauman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1996

ISBN

1-134-82393-2

1-134-82394-0

1-280-15687-2

9786610156870

0-203-42858-7

0-203-29615-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Disciplina

345/.00937/6

342.509376

Soggetti

Punishment (Roman law)

Criminal law (Roman law) - Philosophy

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 (p. 205-212) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; List of Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; TRIAL BY MAGISTRATE AND PEOPLE; TRIAL BY JURY; CICERO ON PUNISHMENT; THE NEW COURTS: AUGUSTUS AND TIBERIUS; THE MATURING COGNITIO: CALIGULA AND CLAUDIUS; NERO AND THE STOICS; DOMITIAN AND MORALITY; PREFECTS AND CRIMINAL TRIALS; THE GROWTH OF CRIMINAL JURISPRUDENCE: DE IUDICIIS PUBLICIS; THE GROWTH OF CRIMINAL JURISPRUDENCE: DE POENIS; ATTITUDES TO PUNISHMENT; IN RETROSPECT; Notes; Select bibliography; Index to sources; General index

Sommario/riassunto

Richard A. Bauman tells the history of punishment from the Roman Republic to the late Empire, thus shedding light on some decisive aspects of Roman history.