Roman Law and the Legal World of the Romans

Further Reading

Crawford , M. (ed.) (1996). Roman Statutes. Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, Supplement 64.

Modern Scholarship

Here I give a brief list of books for further reading. This is hardly a complete bibliography. Rather, it is meant to be a selection of works that may be useful and reasonably accessible on specific topics. The scholarly literature on Roman law pres ents a number of difficulties. Much of it is in foreign languages, and the English-language works often assume a knowledge of Latin or of modern scholarly languages. Even where there are no language problems, scholars may assume considerable knowledge of Roman legal detail, prior scholarship on Roman law, or sophisticated concepts of legal studies more generally. One result of this is that some important topics (e.g., contracts) will not be represented by monographs listed here. In these cases, however, there are enough general works listed (e.g., those of Borkowski, Johnston, and Nicholas) to provide some guidance. Alexander , Michael (1990). Trials in the Late Roman Republic, 149 bc to 50 bc . Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Brief listings for every known trial (civil and criminal) during the period given. Alexander lists the parties involved, the legal issues, the result, the sources, and other information. Berger , Adolf (1991). Encyclopedic Dictionary of Roman Law . Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society.

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