Law, Language, and Empire in the Roman Tradition, Hardcover - Clifford Ando

Reducere. The Romans depicted the civil law as a body of rules crafted through communal deliberation for the purpose of self-government. Yet, as Clifford And...

Examines the production of scientific knowledge in the Atlantic world from a comparative and international perspective. This work captures the mult...

Chosen peoples demonstrates how biblical themes, ideas and metaphors shaped racial, national and imperial identities in the long nineteenth century...

Reducere. In this innovative new study, Zach Sell returns to the explosive era of capitalist crisis, upheaval, and warfare between emancipation in the Britis...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Ryan BoehmIllustration(s): 6 mapsNumber of pages: 316Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 154 x 22...

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DescriptionA leading historian argues that in the empire we know as Byzantium, the Greek-speaking population was actually Roman, and scholars have ...

The Roman empire during the period framed by the accession of Septimus Severus in 193 and the rise of Diocletian in 284 has conventionally been reg...

Exploring a millennium-long story of law and religion in Italy through a series of 26 biographical chapters written by distinguished legal scholars...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2017Dimensions: 159 x 275 x 24Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): ...

James E. Baldwin examines how the interplay of these two conceptions of Islamic law religious scholarship and royal justice undergirded legal pract...

This book examines the rise of the early English utopia in the context of emergent capitalism, one that foreshadows the Enlightenment discourse of ...

This book will appeal to lawyers, legal historians, politicians, historians of legal thought, legal philosophers, but also anyone curious about int...

This social history of Byzantine law offers an introduction to one of the world's richest yet hitherto understudied legal traditions. The first stu...

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 20 bw illusNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 165 x 241 x 23Cover type: Har...

During the Age of Revolution, the British Crown responded to crises in its colonies with a heavy hand. Lisa Ford shows how imperial peacekeeping me...

A collection of 10 original essays that explore the social context in which paintings, statues, textiles, maps, and other artifacts were produced a...

Reducere. DescriptionIn this volume, Hugh Elton offers a detailed and up to date history of the last centuries of the Roman Empire. Beginning with the crisis...

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An observatory and a lighthouse form the nexus of this major new investigation of science, religion, and the state in late Ottoman Egypt. Astronomy...

DescriptionThough Scotland was never successfully conquered by the Roman Empire, the lands north of Hadrian's Wall nonetheless include many Roman s...

Reducere. Explore the Captivating History of the Roman EmpireThe Roman Empire was one of the most powerful forces the world has ever seen. But this isn't jus...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Holy Roman Empire, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: The Holy Rom...

Reducere. DescriptionThe U.S. military continues to be an overt presence in the Philippines, and a reminder of the country's colonial past. Using Subic Bay (...

Pillars of Justice explores the purpose and possibilities of life in the law through moving accounts of thirteen lawyers who shaped the legal world...

This is an elegant, readable narrative of Nauru's imperial history that makes a compelling argument for the island's significance in the history of...

An exploration of the culture of public speaking in the Iberian world, which places the classical rhetorical tradition within the context of Iberia...

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Reducere. Description"Strong evidence that the Roman Empire is of Edomite origin ... left our minds in bewilderment ... is one to be studied." -Church of Eng...

Reducere. If you want to discover captivating stories of people and events of ancient Rome then keep reading...The Roman civilization is probably the single ...

DescriptionThis collection of essays investigates the way in which modern private law apportions responsibility between multiple parties who are (o...

Reducere. In this book, both beginning and experienced translators will find pragmatic techniques for dealing with problems of literary translation, whatever...

This is a dual biography of the emperors Marcus Antonius Gordianus ('Gordian III', reigned 238-244) and Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus ('Philip t...

The book will benefit public law scholars, political scientists, judges and lawyers interested in the six countries analysed in the book, as well a...

Reducere. Bonds of Empire presents an account of slave law that is entirely new: one in which English law imbued plantation slavery with its staying power ev...