Roman Law in Context
by David Johnston · David Johnston
Short Cambridge study of how Roman law worked in practice: family and inheritance, property, contracts, commerce, and litigation, set against the evidence from papyri, inscriptions and legal texts. Readers come away understanding the gap between juristic doctrine and ordinary Romans' legal experience.
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