Thinking Like a Lawyer: Essays on Legal History and General History for John Crook on His Eightieth Birthday (Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava Supplementum) ... Bibliotheca Classica Batava Supplementum)

This is an exploration of the law and life of Rome - in which contributors respond to John Crook's injunction to "think like lawyers" by ranging as far as Ancient Greece, Ancient Persia and modern Denmark to expound their themes and draw comparisons. An opening section focuses on civil law, more or less conventionally conceived, with chapters on the peculium, on municipal law at Irni in Roman Spain, on advisers of Roman provincial governors, and on violent crime. Roman perceptions of the physical and human worlds are the focus of a second section, and comparisons between Greek, Roman and modern ways of thinking about law and government come into the third section. In the final section, contributors argue the history of law and life from refractions of real and imagined Rome. Annotation In 1996, Historian And Classicist Crook Challenged Historians To Provide An Estimation Of The Place Of Roman Law In General History As An Intellectual Phenomenon, A Topic In The History Of Ideas ... Judged In Terms Of It Significance In Its Own Age. Mckechnie (classics And Ancient History, U. Of Auckland, Australia) Presents 17 Answers To That Challenge. They Address Such Questions As What Kind Of Societies Develop Procedural Law, Whether There Was A Good Fit Between Roman Law And What Actually Happened In Society, And What The Relations Are Between Athenian And Roman Legal Principles. Some Of The Articles Spread The Topic Into Literature, Politics, And Gender Relations. Annotation C. Book News, Inc., Portland, Or (booknews.com). Annotation This Is A Book About The Law And Life Of Rome -- In Which Contributors Respond To John Crook's Injunction To 'think Like Lawyers' By Ranging As Far As Ancient Greece, Ancient Persia And Modern Denmark To Expound Their Themes And Draw Comparisons. An Opening Section Focuses On Civil Law, More Or Less As Conventionally Conceived, With Chapters On The Peculium, On Municipal Law At Irni In Roman Spain, On Advisers Of Roman Provincial Governors, And On Violent Crime. Roman Perceptions Of The Physical And Human Worlds Are The Focus Of A Second Section, And Comparisons Between Greek, Roman And Modern Ways Of Thinking About Law And Government Come Into The Third Section. In The Final Section, Contributors Argue The History Of Law And Life From Refractions Of Real And Imagined Rome. Thinking About Civil Law -- Peculiar Questions / David Johnston -- Diem Diffindere : Die Vertagung Im Urteilstermin Nach Der Lex Irnitana / Joseph Georg Wolf -- Consilium Praesidis : Advising Governors / Paul Weaver -- Aspects Of Violent Crime In The Roman Empire / Keith Hopwood -- Thinking Like A Roman -- Mental Maps : Seeing Like A Roman / C.r. Whittaker -- Aeneid 6.826-35 : Homer And Caesar's Gallic Command / W.r. Barnes -- Dido's Treasure At Tacitus Annals 16.1-3 / P. Murgatroyd -- Vicarious Voices -- Direct Democracy, Ancient And Modern / M.h. Hansen -- Advocacy, Logography And Erôtêsis In Athenian Lawcourts / S.c. Todd -- Herodotus And The Iranian Tradition / J.s. Sheldon -- Philosophy, Rhetoric And Legal Advocacy / R. Godfrey Tanner -- Law And Life Of Rome -- Pro And Anti : The Dignitas Of The Senate In 88 Bc / A.m. Stone -- Law Is Not Mocked : Straightening Out A Crooked Will (phaedrus 4.5) / John Henderson -- Pompeian Tablets And Some Literary Texts / Duncan Cloud -- New Inscription From Carian Aphrodisias / Joyce Reynolds -- Roman Law And The Laws Of The Medes And Persians : Decius' And Valerian's Persecutions Of Christianity / Paul Mckechnie -- Express Route To Hades / Beryl Rawson -- John Crook: Bibliography / Paul Mckechnie, Kathryn Mckee And W.r. Barnes. Edited By Paul Mckechnie. 'contributors' : P. [xi]-xii. John Crook Bibliography: (p. [289]-294). Includes Bibliographical References And Index. English, And One Essay In German. Contents 8 List of Contributors 12 Introduction 14 SECTION A: Thinking about Civil Law 18 Peculiar Questions 18 Diem diffindere: die Vertagung im Urteilstermin nach der lex Irnitana 28 Consilium praesidis: Advising Governors 56 Aspects of Violent Crime in the Roman Empire 76 SECTION B: Thinking like a Roman 94 Mental Maps: Seeing like a Roman 94 Aeneid 6.826–35: Homer and Caesar's Gallic Command 126 Dido's Treasure at Tacitus Annals 16.1–3 144 SECTION C: Vicarious Voices 148 Direct Democracy, Ancient and Modern 148 Advocacy, Logography and Erôtêsis in Athenian Lawcourts 164 Herodotus and the Iranian Tradition 180 Philosophy, Rhetoric and Legal Advocacy 194 SECTION D: Law and Life of Rome 204 Pro and anti: the dignitas of the Senate in 88 BC 204 The Law is not Mocked: Straightening out a Crooked Will (Phaedrus 4.5) 226 The Pompeian Tablets and Some Literary Texts 244 A New Inscription from Carian Aphrodisias 260 Roman Law and the Laws of the Medes and Persians: Decius' and Valerian's Persecutions of Christianity 266 The Express Route to Hades 284 John Crook: Bibliography 302 Index 308 A 308 B 308 C 308 D 309 E 309 F 309 G 310 H 310 I 310 J 310 K 310 L 310 M 311 N 311 O 311 P 311 Q 312 R 312 S 313 T 314 U 314 V 314 W 314 X 314 Y 314 Z 314 Mnemosyne,Bibliotheca Classica Batava. Supplementum ; V. 231 Mnemosyne,Bibliotheca Classica Batava. Supplementum,V. 231 Contents......Page 8 List of Contributors......Page 12 Introduction......Page 14 Peculiar Questions......Page 18 Diem diffindere: die Vertagung im Urteilstermin nach der lex Irnitana......Page 28 Consilium praesidis: Advising Governors......Page 56 Aspects of Violent Crime in the Roman Empire......Page 76 Mental Maps: Seeing like a Roman......Page 94 Aeneid 6.826–35: Homer and Caesar's Gallic Command......Page 126 Dido's Treasure at Tacitus Annals 16.1–3......Page 144 Direct Democracy, Ancient and Modern......Page 148 Advocacy, Logography and Erôtêsis in Athenian Lawcourts......Page 164 Herodotus and the Iranian Tradition......Page 180 Philosophy, Rhetoric and Legal Advocacy......Page 194 Pro and anti: the dignitas of the Senate in 88 BC......Page 204 The Law is not Mocked: Straightening out a Crooked Will (Phaedrus 4.5)......Page 226 The Pompeian Tablets and Some Literary Texts......Page 244 A New Inscription from Carian Aphrodisias......Page 260 Roman Law and the Laws of the Medes and Persians: Decius' and Valerian's Persecutions of Christianity......Page 266 The Express Route to Hades......Page 284 John Crook: Bibliography......Page 302 C......Page 308 F......Page 309 L......Page 310 P......Page 311 R......Page 312 S......Page 313 Z......Page 314 An exploration of the law and life of Rome. The contributors respond to John Crook's injunction to "think like lawyers" by ranging as far as Ancient Greece, Ancient Persia and modern Denmark to expound their themes and draw comparisons