The Criminal Law of Ancient Rome - Couverture rigide

Robinson, O.F.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0801853184 ISBN 13 : 9780801853180

Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995

Synopsis

This study of the ancient Roman legal system starts by establishing the framework within which the law operated, and the nature of criminality. It then examines the criminal law under Sulla (82-81 BC), which saw the establishment of a system of standing jury courts. The text groups offences into five chapters: crimes committed for gain, crimes involving violence, sexual offences, offences against the state, and offences against the due ordering of society and the state.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Although the Romans lived in a society very different from ours, they were like us in fearing crime and in hoping to control it by means of the law. Ordinary citizens wanted protection from muggers in the streets or thieves at the public baths. They demanded laws to punish officials who abused power or embezzled public monies. Even emperors, who feared plotters and wanted to repress subversive ideas and doctrines, looked to the law for protection. In the first book in English to focus on the substantive criminal law of ancient Rome, O. F. Robinson offers a lively study of an essential aspect of Roman life and identity. Robinson begins with a discussion of the framework within which the law operated and the nature of criminal responsibility. She looks at the criminal law of Rome as it was established in the late Republic under Sulla's system of standing jury-courts. Grouping offenses functionally into five chapters, she examines crimes committed for gain, crimes involving violence, sexual offenses, offenses against the state, and offenses against the due ordering of society.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0801853184
• ISBN 13: 9780801853180
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 214
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