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Petitions, litigation, and social control in Roman Egypt / Benjamin Kelly.

By: Kelly, Benjamin
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.Description: xvii, 427 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780199599615 (cloth : alk. paper); 0199599610 (cloth : alk. paper)Subject(s): Justice, Administration of (Roman law) | Actions and defenses (Roman law) | Social control -- Egypt -- History -- To 1500 | Egyptian law | Criminal law -- Egypt -- History | Arsinoite Nome (Egypt) -- History -- Sources | Egypt -- Social life and customs -- To 332 B.C
Contents:
Introduction -- Petitions and social history -- Legal control in Roman Egypt -- Who used the justice system? -- Political ideologies in the legal realm -- Hierarchy and group solidarity -- Private dispute resolution and the shadow of the law -- Vexatious and vexing litigation -- Conclusions.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book British Museum Egypt and Sudan Shelves JA3.KEL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 54063000215528
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (p. [381]-404) and indexes.

Introduction -- Petitions and social history -- Legal control in Roman Egypt -- Who used the justice system? -- Political ideologies in the legal realm -- Hierarchy and group solidarity -- Private dispute resolution and the shadow of the law -- Vexatious and vexing litigation -- Conclusions.

AESJF12, AES2012