Roman Law and the Legal World of the Romans

Further Reading

Very handy reference work for the (Latin) terminology of Roman law. Buckland , W. W. (1969). The Roman Law of Slavery: The Condition of the Slave in Private Law from Augustus to Justinian. New York: AMS Press. Originally published in 1908, but still a handy compendium on this very important topic. Borkowski , J. A. (2005). Textbook on Roman Law . Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. Crook , J. A. (1967). Law and Life of Rome. London: Thames & Hudson. A very broad introduction to Roman law with much attention to social context and practical use of the law. ——— (1995). Legal Advocacy in the Roman World. London: Duckworth. Particularly valuable for bringing together Egyptian docu mentary evidence for the practice of advocates in day-to-day litigation. Frier , B. (1985). The Rise of the Roman Jurists: Studies in Cicero’s Pro Caecina (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. Written around a particular case of Cicero’s, this book nonetheless looks into much broader issues of the status of jurists and their evolving role in the Roman legal system. ——— (1989). A Casebook on the Roman Law of Delict. Atlanta, Ga.: Scholars Press. Collected texts (mostly drawn from the Digest ) laying out particu lar cases, with annotation, to explain a variety of concepts of the

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