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List of contributors                                                                            page vii

List of abbreviations                                                                                    ix

Part I Introduction

1.        Introduction                                                                                             3

DAVID JOHNSTON

2.        Roman Law and Its Intellectual Context                                                9

LAURENS WINKEL

Part II Law Making

3.        Sources of Law from the Republic to the Dominate                             25

DAVID IBBETSON

4.        Roman Law in the Provinces                                                                45

JOHN RICHARDSON

Part III Roman Law: The Evidence

5.        Documents in Roman Practice                                                              61

JOSEPH GEORG WOLF

6.        Writing in Roman Legal Contexts                                                        85

ELIZABETH A.

7.        Patristic Sources                                                                                    97

CAROLINE HUMFRESS

8.        Justinian and the Corpus Iuris Civilis                                                     119

WOLFGANG KAISER

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Part IV Private Law in Roman Society

9.        Slavery, Family, and Status                                                                151

ANDREW LEWIS

10.      Property                                                                                              175

PAUL DU PLESSIS

11.     Succession                                                                                            199 DAVID JOHNSTON

12.     Commerce                                                                                           213 JEAN-JACQUES AUBERT

13.     Delicts                                                                                                  246 A. J.

14.     Litigation                                                                                             272 ERNEST METZGER

Part V Criminal and Public Law

15.                                                                                                                                              Crime and Punishment                                                                                                 301

ANDREW LINTOTT

16.     Public Law                                                                                           332 A. J. B. SIRKS

Part VI Byzantium and Beyond

17.      The Law of New Rome: Byzantine Law                                            355

BERNARD H. STOLTE

18.      The Legacy of Roman Law                                                                 374

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19.      Canon Law and Roman Law                                                             396

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20.      Political Thought                                                                                423

MAGNUS RYAN

21.      Roman Law in the Modern World                                                      452

REINHARD ZIMMERMANN

Bibliography                                                                                             481

Index                                                                                                       525

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