Roman law before the Twelve Tables : an interdisciplinary approach
Roman law
Edinburgh University Press
2020
EISBN 1474480632
Intro.
The Contributors.
Introduction: The Dawn of Roman Law.
Part I The Materiality of Roman Law: New Archaeological Discoveries.
1. Roman Law in its Italic Context.
2. Central Italian Elite Groups as Aristocratic Houses in the Ninth to Sixth Centuries BCE.
3. Authority and Display in Sixth-Century Etruria: The Vicchio Stele.
Part II Constructing Early Roman Law: Sources and Methods.
4. The Twelve Tables and the leges regiae: A Problem of Validity.
5. The leges regiae in Livy: Narratological and Stylistic Strategies.
6. The leges regiae through Tradition, Historicity and Invention: A Comparison of Historico-literary and Jurisprudential Sources.
7. The Laws of the Kings - A View from a Distance.
8. Beyond the Pomerium: Expansion and Legislative Authority in Archaic Rome.
Part III Roman Law in Historiography and Theory.
9. Niebuhr and Bachofen: New Forms of Evidence on Roman History.
10. Finding Melanesia in Ancient Rome: Mauss' Anthropology of nexum.
Index.
Bringing together a team of international experts from different subject areas - including law, history, archaeology and anthropology - this book re-evaluates the traditional narratives surrounding the origins of Roman law before the enactment of the Twelve Tables.
The Contributors.
Introduction: The Dawn of Roman Law.
Part I The Materiality of Roman Law: New Archaeological Discoveries.
1. Roman Law in its Italic Context.
2. Central Italian Elite Groups as Aristocratic Houses in the Ninth to Sixth Centuries BCE.
3. Authority and Display in Sixth-Century Etruria: The Vicchio Stele.
Part II Constructing Early Roman Law: Sources and Methods.
4. The Twelve Tables and the leges regiae: A Problem of Validity.
5. The leges regiae in Livy: Narratological and Stylistic Strategies.
6. The leges regiae through Tradition, Historicity and Invention: A Comparison of Historico-literary and Jurisprudential Sources.
7. The Laws of the Kings - A View from a Distance.
8. Beyond the Pomerium: Expansion and Legislative Authority in Archaic Rome.
Part III Roman Law in Historiography and Theory.
9. Niebuhr and Bachofen: New Forms of Evidence on Roman History.
10. Finding Melanesia in Ancient Rome: Mauss' Anthropology of nexum.
Index.
Bringing together a team of international experts from different subject areas - including law, history, archaeology and anthropology - this book re-evaluates the traditional narratives surrounding the origins of Roman law before the enactment of the Twelve Tables.
