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Record Nr.

UNISA996199065903316

Autore

Kelly Benjamin

Titolo

Petitions, litigation, and social control in Roman Egypt / / Benjamin Kelly

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2011

ISBN

0-19-161887-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 427 p.) : ill., maps

Collana

Oxford studies in ancient documents

Classificazione

NH 8014

Disciplina

932.022

Soggetti

Justice, Administration of (Roman law)

Actions and defenses (Roman law)

Social control - Egypt - History - To 1500

Egyptian law

Criminal law - Egypt - History

Electronic books.

Arsinoite Nome (Egypt)

Egypt Social life and customs To 332 B.C

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Note 23 on page 252 refers to a Brooklyn papyrus.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [381]-404) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Petitions and social history -- Legal control in Roman Egypt -- Who used the justice system? -- Political ideologies in the legal realm -- Hierarchy and group solidarity -- Private dispute resolution and the shadow of the law -- Vexatious and vexing litigation -- Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

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