{"product_id":"ancient-law-ancient-society-dennis-p-kehoe-9780472130436","title":"Ancient Law, Ancient Society","description":"The essays composing \u003ci\u003eAncient Law, Ancient Society\u003c\/i\u003e examine the law in classical antiquity both as a product of the society in which it developed and as one of the most important forces shaping that society. Contributors to this volume consider the law via innovative methodological approaches and theoretical perspectives--in particular, those drawn from the new institutional economics and the intersection of law and economics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Essays cover topics such as using collective sanctions to enforce legal norms; the Greek elite's marriage strategies for amassing financial resources essential for a public career; defenses against murder charges under Athenian criminal law, particularly in cases where the victim put his own life in peril; the interplay between Roman law and provincial institutions in regulating water rights; the Severan-age Greek author Aelian's notions of justice and their influence on late-classical Roman jurisprudence; Roman jurists' approach to the contract of mandate in balancing the changing needs of society against respect for upper-class concepts of duty and reciprocity; whether the Roman legal authorities developed the law exclusively to serve the Roman elite's interests or to meet the needs of the Roman Empire's broader population as well; and an analysis of the \u003ci\u003eSenatus Consultum Claudianum\u003c\/i\u003e in the Code of Justinian demonstrating how the late Roman government adapted classical law to address marriage between free women and men classified as \u003ci\u003ecoloni\u003c\/i\u003e bound to their land. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In addition to volume editors Dennis P. Kehoe and Thomas A. J. McGinn, contributors include Adriaan Lanni, Michael Leese, David Phillips, Cynthia Bannon, Lauren Caldwell, Charles Pazdernik, and Clifford Ando. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dennis P. Kehoe, Thomas McGinn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472130439\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472130436\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.10d","brand":"Dennis P. Kehoe","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44245044855039,"sku":"9780472130436","price":74.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_38ce944a-c138-4780-ba6b-f96f66d1c86c.jpg?v=1693925801","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ancient-law-ancient-society-dennis-p-kehoe-9780472130436","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}