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Prof.
Alan Watson
Prof. Sima Avramović
(President)
www.simaavramovic.org
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Beyond Dogmatics:
Law and Society in the Roman World (Edinburgh Studies in Law)
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by John W. Cairns
(Author),
Paul du Plessis (Author)
This book is an important contribution to the current
lively debate about the relationship between law and society in the Roman
world. This debate, which was initiated by the work of John Crook in the
1960's, has had a profound impact upon the study of law and history and
has created sharply divided opinions on the extent to which law may be
said to be a product of the society that created it. This work is a
modest attempt to provide a balanced assessment of the various points of
view. The chapters within this book have been specifically arranged to
represent the debate. It contains an introductory chapter by Alan Watson,
whose views on the relationship between law and society have caused some
controversy. In the remaining chapters, a distinguished international
group of scholars address this debate by focusing on studies of law and
empire, codes and codification, death and economics, commerce and
procedure. This book does not purport to provide a complete survey of
Roman private law in light of Roman society. Its primary aim is to
address specific areas of the law with a view to contributing to the
larger debate.
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