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UNISA996199065903316 |
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Autore |
Kelly Benjamin |
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Titolo |
Petitions, litigation, and social control in Roman Egypt / / Benjamin Kelly |
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Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2011 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xvii, 427 p.) : ill., maps |
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Collana |
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Oxford studies in ancient documents |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Note 23 on page 252 refers to a Brooklyn papyrus. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [381]-404) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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